diff --git a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositoryForkBuilderTest.java b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositoryForkBuilderTest.java
index 10b116d2f6..394b8d43cc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositoryForkBuilderTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/kohsuke/github/GHRepositoryForkBuilderTest.java
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ public void setUp() throws Exception {
         originalInterval = GHRepositoryForkBuilder.FORK_RETRY_INTERVAL;
         GHRepositoryForkBuilder.FORK_RETRY_INTERVAL = 100;
 
+        GitHub github = getNonRecordingGitHub();
+        GHRepository repo = github.getRepository(this.repo.getFullName());
         String defaultBranch = repo.getDefaultBranch();
         GHRef mainRef = repo.getRef("heads/" + defaultBranch);
         String mainSha = mainRef.getObject().getSha();