diff --git a/core/state_processor_test.go b/core/state_processor_test.go
index 5eb7938811..35e53a2e54 100644
--- a/core/state_processor_test.go
+++ b/core/state_processor_test.go
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ func TestStateProcessorErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			genesis               = gspec.MustCommit(db)
 			blockchain, _         = NewBlockChain(db, nil, gspec.Config, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{}, nil, nil, nil)
-			parallelBlockchain, _ = NewBlockChain(db, nil, gspec.Config, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{}, nil, nil, nil)
+			parallelBlockchain, _ = NewParallelBlockChain(db, nil, gspec.Config, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{ParallelEnable: true, ParallelSpeculativeProcesses: 8}, nil, nil, nil)
 		)
 		defer blockchain.Stop()
 		defer parallelBlockchain.Stop()
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ func TestStateProcessorErrors(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			genesis               = gspec.MustCommit(db)
 			blockchain, _         = NewBlockChain(db, nil, gspec.Config, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{}, nil, nil, nil)
-			parallelBlockchain, _ = NewBlockChain(db, nil, gspec.Config, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{}, nil, nil, nil)
+			parallelBlockchain, _ = NewParallelBlockChain(db, nil, gspec.Config, ethash.NewFaker(), vm.Config{ParallelEnable: true, ParallelSpeculativeProcesses: 8}, nil, nil, nil)
 		)
 		defer blockchain.Stop()
 		defer parallelBlockchain.Stop()