diff --git a/test/lib/helpers.js b/test/lib/helpers.js
index aedfb386..cbf3b812 100644
--- a/test/lib/helpers.js
+++ b/test/lib/helpers.js
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@
  * All rights reserved.
  */
 
-// Register a jsDump parser for Base and override object parser to handle it
-
-var objectParser = QUnit.jsDump.parsers.object;
-
+// Register a jsDump parser for Base.
 QUnit.jsDump.setParser('Base', function (obj, stack) {
 	return obj.toString();
 });
 
+// Override the default object parser to handle Base objects.
+// We need to keep a reference to the previous implementation.
+var objectParser = QUnit.jsDump.parsers.object;
+
 QUnit.jsDump.setParser('object', function (obj, stack) {
 	return (obj instanceof Base
 			? QUnit.jsDump.parsers.Base