diff --git a/tests/phpunit/AbuseFilterConsequencesTest.php b/tests/phpunit/AbuseFilterConsequencesTest.php
index 1295c2c44..a9dcde826 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/AbuseFilterConsequencesTest.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/AbuseFilterConsequencesTest.php
@@ -294,6 +294,15 @@ class AbuseFilterConsequencesTest extends MediaWikiTestCase {
 		] );
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @inheritDoc
+	 */
+	protected function tearDown() {
+		// Paranoia: ensure no fake timestamp leftover
+		MWTimestamp::setFakeTime( false );
+		parent::tearDown();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates new filters with the given ids, referred to self::$filters
 	 *