diff --git a/tests/memcache/test_memcache.py b/tests/memcache/test_memcache.py
index ad97a662e2..c981a248d7 100755
--- a/tests/memcache/test_memcache.py
+++ b/tests/memcache/test_memcache.py
@@ -121,6 +121,9 @@ class MemcacheTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def flush(self):
         self.assertEqual(call('flush_all\r\n'), b'OK\r\n')
 
+    def tearDown(self):
+        self.flush()
+
 class TcpSpecificTests(MemcacheTest):
     def test_recovers_from_errors_in_the_stream(self):
         with tcp_connection() as conn: