diff --git a/gdb-port/tests/integration/test_stack_frame_parser_context.py b/gdb-port/tests/integration/test_stack_frame_parser_context.py
index 6d808ce2e77237c8cb8c297ca9de96884c4c0e0b..38c5b55eb8d527f59bd808930327d0978132621f 100644
--- a/gdb-port/tests/integration/test_stack_frame_parser_context.py
+++ b/gdb-port/tests/integration/test_stack_frame_parser_context.py
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ class TestParserContextInNewStackFrames(unittest.TestCase):
 	def setUp(self):
 		self.a = Parser("a", 128)
 		self.b = Parser("b", 32)
+		# TODO: could self.harena_t and self.arena be initialized in setUpClass?
+		self.harena_t = gdb.lookup_type("HArena")
+		self.arena = gdb.Value(bytearray(self.harena_t.sizeof), self.harena_t) # Initialize a new HArena to all zeros
 		self.top_level_parse = TopLevelParse()
 		self.top_level_parse.parser_objs[32] = self.b
 		self.top_level_parse.parser_objs[128] = self.a
@@ -13,7 +16,7 @@ class TestParserContextInNewStackFrames(unittest.TestCase):
 
 		# TODO: When using DETAILED_ARENA_STATS, arena needs to be an actual HArena object, not just "256"
 		#TODO: are we initializing from scratch for every test?
-		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, 256, self.a.address)
+		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, self.arena, self.a.address)
 		self.top_level_parse.parse_virtual(self.a.address)
 		self.top_level_parse.enter_perform_lowlevel_parse(self.a.address)
 
@@ -24,16 +27,16 @@ class TestParserContextInNewStackFrames(unittest.TestCase):
 		pass
 
 	def test_after_h_do_parse(self):
-		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, 256, self.b.address)
+		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, self.arena, self.b.address)
 		self.assertIs(self.top_level_parse.peek_parser(), self.b)
 
 	def test_after_enter_parse_virtual(self):
-		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, 256, self.b.address)
+		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, self.arena, self.b.address)
 		self.top_level_parse.parse_virtual(self.b.address)
 		self.assertIs(self.top_level_parse.peek_parser(), self.b)
 
 	def test_after_enter_perform_lowlevel_parse(self):
-		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, 256, self.b.address)
+		self.top_level_parse.enter_h_do_parse(400, self.arena, self.b.address)
 		self.top_level_parse.parse_virtual(self.b.address)
 		self.top_level_parse.enter_perform_lowlevel_parse(self.b.address)
 		self.assertIs(self.top_level_parse.peek_parser(), self.b)