diff --git a/test/e2e/networking.go b/test/e2e/networking.go
index 82101fad6e6..7319d29d36b 100644
--- a/test/e2e/networking.go
+++ b/test/e2e/networking.go
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import (
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-var c *client.Client = nil
-
 func LaunchNetTestPodPerNode(nodes *api.NodeList, name string, c *client.Client, ns string) []string {
 	podNames := []string{}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/reboot.go b/test/e2e/reboot.go
index 04323894904..8053f879632 100644
--- a/test/e2e/reboot.go
+++ b/test/e2e/reboot.go
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ const (
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("Reboot", func() {
+
+	var c *client.Client = nil
+
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		var err error
 		c, err = loadClient()
diff --git a/test/e2e/ssh.go b/test/e2e/ssh.go
index 59aa7144321..ec41cf067ba 100644
--- a/test/e2e/ssh.go
+++ b/test/e2e/ssh.go
@@ -20,11 +20,16 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/client"
+
 	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
 var _ = Describe("SSH", func() {
+
+	var c *client.Client = nil
+
 	BeforeEach(func() {
 		var err error
 		c, err = loadClient()