diff --git a/tests/lib/DB/QueryBuilder/FunctionBuilderTest.php b/tests/lib/DB/QueryBuilder/FunctionBuilderTest.php
index c7b549c9fb2..8aac2c4a7fa 100644
--- a/tests/lib/DB/QueryBuilder/FunctionBuilderTest.php
+++ b/tests/lib/DB/QueryBuilder/FunctionBuilderTest.php
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ class FunctionBuilderTest extends TestCase {
 		$query = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 
 		$query->select($query->func()->octetLength($query->createNamedParameter($str, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_STR)));
+		$query->from('appconfig')
+			->setMaxResults(1);
 
 		$result = $query->execute();
 		$column = $result->fetchOne();
@@ -184,6 +186,8 @@ class FunctionBuilderTest extends TestCase {
 		$query = $this->connection->getQueryBuilder();
 
 		$query->select($query->func()->charLength($query->createNamedParameter($str, IQueryBuilder::PARAM_STR)));
+		$query->from('appconfig')
+			->setMaxResults(1);
 
 		$result = $query->execute();
 		$column = $result->fetchOne();