diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/service/QueryPagerTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/service/QueryPagerTest.java
index 15bc060e5b..bfc66e0a62 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/service/QueryPagerTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/service/QueryPagerTest.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ public class QueryPagerTest
     public static final String CF_STANDARD = "Standard1";
     public static final String KEYSPACE_CQL = "cql_keyspace";
     public static final String CF_CQL = "table2";
+    public static final int nowInSec = FBUtilities.nowInSeconds();
 
     @BeforeClass
     public static void defineSchema() throws ConfigurationException
@@ -159,7 +160,7 @@ public class QueryPagerTest
         Slice slice = Slice.make(cmp.make(start), cmp.make(end));
         ClusteringIndexSliceFilter filter = new ClusteringIndexSliceFilter(Slices.with(cmp, slice), reversed);
 
-        return SinglePartitionReadCommand.create(cfs().metadata, FBUtilities.nowInSeconds(), ColumnFilter.all(metadata), RowFilter.NONE, DataLimits.NONE, Util.dk(key), filter);
+        return SinglePartitionReadCommand.create(cfs().metadata, nowInSec, ColumnFilter.all(metadata), RowFilter.NONE, DataLimits.NONE, Util.dk(key), filter);
     }
 
     private static ReadCommand rangeNamesQuery(String keyStart, String keyEnd, int count, String... names)
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ public class QueryPagerTest
         for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
             executeInternal(String.format("INSERT INTO %s.%s (k, c, v) VALUES ('k%d', 'c%d', null)", keyspace, table, 0, i));
 
-        ReadCommand command = SinglePartitionReadCommand.create(cfs.metadata, FBUtilities.nowInSeconds(), Util.dk("k0"), Slice.ALL);
+        ReadCommand command = SinglePartitionReadCommand.create(cfs.metadata, nowInSec, Util.dk("k0"), Slice.ALL);
 
         QueryPager pager = command.getPager(null, Server.CURRENT_VERSION);