diff --git a/spec/lib/stream/multi_spec.rb b/spec/lib/stream/multi_spec.rb
index 57e40cc79b2e5b8f9cb3d50bf36313dbe49e399a..8b2167394251cff31ec956b1ac06a9700bbebd18 100644
--- a/spec/lib/stream/multi_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/stream/multi_spec.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require Rails.root.join('spec', 'shared_behaviors', 'stream')
 
 describe Stream::Multi do
   before do
-    @stream = Stream::Multi.new(alice, :max_time => @time, :order => 'updated_at')
+    @stream = Stream::Multi.new(alice, :max_time => Time.now, :order => 'updated_at')
   end
 
   describe 'shared behaviors' do