diff --git a/spec/google/api_client/batch_spec.rb b/spec/google/api_client/batch_spec.rb
index 315faaef6..087210bec 100644
--- a/spec/google/api_client/batch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/google/api_client/batch_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require 'google/api_client'
 require 'google/api_client/version'
 
 describe Google::APIClient::BatchRequest do
-  CLIENT = Google::APIClient.new
+  CLIENT ||= Google::APIClient.new
 
   after do
     # Reset client to not-quite-pristine state
diff --git a/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb b/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb
index 5e363d452..e196b0f53 100644
--- a/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/google/api_client/discovery_spec.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ require 'google/api_client'
 require 'google/api_client/version'
 
 describe Google::APIClient do
-  CLIENT = Google::APIClient.new
+  CLIENT ||= Google::APIClient.new
 
   after do
     # Reset client to not-quite-pristine state
diff --git a/spec/google/api_client/media_spec.rb b/spec/google/api_client/media_spec.rb
index fd3be5869..888a83cf8 100644
--- a/spec/google/api_client/media_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/google/api_client/media_spec.rb
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ describe Google::APIClient::UploadIO do
 end
 
 describe Google::APIClient::ResumableUpload do
-  CLIENT = Google::APIClient.new
+  CLIENT ||= Google::APIClient.new
 
   after do
     # Reset client to not-quite-pristine state
diff --git a/spec/google/api_client/result_spec.rb b/spec/google/api_client/result_spec.rb
index f3fb89227..d7c3326c2 100644
--- a/spec/google/api_client/result_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/google/api_client/result_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ require 'google/api_client'
 require 'google/api_client/version'
 
 describe Google::APIClient::Result do
-  CLIENT = Google::APIClient.new
+  CLIENT ||= Google::APIClient.new
 
   describe 'with the plus API' do
     before do