diff --git a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
index ed8ce9d040..2423299b7c 100644
--- a/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
+++ b/tests/test_framework/phpbb_functional_test_case.php
@@ -139,13 +139,11 @@ class phpbb_functional_test_case extends phpbb_test_case
 
 		$this->do_request('create_table', $data);
 
+		$this->do_request('config_file', $data);
 		file_put_contents($phpbb_root_path . "config.$phpEx", phpbb_create_config_file_data($data, self::$config['dbms'], array(), true));
 
-		$this->do_request('config_file', $data);
-
-		copy($phpbb_root_path . "config.$phpEx", $phpbb_root_path . "config_test.$phpEx");
-
 		$this->do_request('final', $data);
+		copy($phpbb_root_path . "config.$phpEx", $phpbb_root_path . "config_test.$phpEx");
 	}
 
 	private function do_request($sub, $post_data = null)