diff --git a/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb b/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
index 2b796f2b1c3..c8fc2f1ee0e 100644
--- a/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/components/topic_view_spec.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ describe TopicView do
   fab!(:user) { Fabricate(:user) }
   fab!(:moderator) { Fabricate(:moderator) }
   fab!(:admin) { Fabricate(:admin) }
-  let(:topic) { Fabricate(:topic) }
+  fab!(:topic) { Fabricate(:topic) }
   fab!(:evil_trout) { Fabricate(:evil_trout) }
-  let(:first_poster) { topic.user }
+  fab!(:first_poster) { topic.user }
 
   let(:topic_view) { TopicView.new(topic.id, evil_trout) }