diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentActorSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentActorSpec.scala
index b577f0ba72..86d4384b70 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentActorSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentActorSpec.scala
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ case class Credit(accountNo: String, amount: BigInt)
 case object LogSize
 
 class AccountActor extends Transactor {
-  private val accountState = RedisStorage.newMap
-  private val txnLog = RedisStorage.newVector
+  private lazy val accountState = RedisStorage.newMap
+  private lazy val txnLog = RedisStorage.newVector
 
   def receive = {
     // check balance
diff --git a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentQSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentQSpec.scala
index 2adc980aad..ad67dbfdbe 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentQSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/akka-persistence-redis/src/test/scala/RedisPersistentQSpec.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ case class MNDQ(accountNos: List[String], noOfDQs: Int, failer: Actor)
 case class SZ
 
 class QueueActor extends Transactor {
-  private val accounts = RedisStorage.newQueue
+  private lazy val accounts = RedisStorage.newQueue
 
   def receive = {
     // enqueue