diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts
index f9cf1306a64..4bd8e74e94e 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/search/test/common/searchModel.test.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 		instantiationService.stub(IModelService, stubModelService(instantiationService));
 		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, {});
 		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, 'textSearch', Promise.resolve({ results: [] }));
+
+		const config = new TestConfigurationService();
+		config.setUserConfiguration('search', { searchOnType: true });
+		instantiationService.stub(IConfigurationService, config);
 	});
 
 	teardown(() => {
@@ -154,9 +158,6 @@ suite('SearchModel', () => {
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 1', new OneLineRange(1, 4, 11))),
 			aRawMatch('file://c:/2',
 				new TextSearchMatch('preview 2', lineOneRange))];
-		const config = new TestConfigurationService();
-		config.setUserConfiguration('search', { searchOnType: true });
-		instantiationService.stub(IConfigurationService, config);
 		instantiationService.stub(ISearchService, searchServiceWithResults(results));
 
 		const testObject: SearchModel = instantiationService.createInstance(SearchModel);