diff --git a/src/um/test/UserPoolTest.cc b/src/um/test/UserPoolTest.cc
index a320d4f777..2a4f36d1b7 100644
--- a/src/um/test/UserPoolTest.cc
+++ b/src/um/test/UserPoolTest.cc
@@ -107,9 +107,9 @@ protected:
 
 public:
 
-    UserPoolTest(){};
+    UserPoolTest(){xmlInitParser();};
 
-    ~UserPoolTest(){};
+    ~UserPoolTest(){xmlCleanupParser();};
 
     /* ********************************************************************* */
     /* ********************************************************************* */