diff --git a/src/test/java/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/KryoTest.java b/src/test/java/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/KryoTest.java
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/KryoTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/esotericsoftware/kryo/KryoTest.java
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class KryoTest {
             @SuppressWarnings( "unchecked" )
             @Override
             protected Serializer newDefaultSerializer( final Class type ) {
-                return new ReferenceFieldSerializer( _kryo, type );
+                return new ReferenceFieldSerializer( this, type );
             }
             
             /**
change reference to this instead of the field