diff --git a/test/test-ei-device.c b/test/test-ei-device.c
index 0231db3..63cb40c 100644
--- a/test/test-ei-device.c
+++ b/test/test-ei-device.c
@@ -408,7 +408,6 @@ MUNIT_TEST(test_ei_device_pointer_abs)
 {
 	_unref_(peck) *peck = peck_new();
 	struct ei_device *device = NULL;
-	uint32_t maxx = 0, maxy = 0;
 
 	peck_enable_eis_behavior(peck, PECK_EIS_BEHAVIOR_ACCEPT_ALL);
 	peck_enable_eis_behavior(peck, PECK_EIS_BEHAVIOR_ADD_POINTER_ABSOLUTE);
@@ -418,11 +417,6 @@ MUNIT_TEST(test_ei_device_pointer_abs)
 	with_client(peck) {
 		device = peck_ei_get_default_pointer_absolute(peck);
 
-		/* We know our default device has one region */
-		struct ei_region *r = ei_device_get_region(device, 0);
-		maxx = ei_region_get_x(r) + ei_region_get_width(r);
-		maxy = ei_region_get_y(r) + ei_region_get_height(r);
-
 		for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
 			ei_device_pointer_motion_absolute(device, 1 * i , 2 + i);
 			ei_device_frame(device);
@@ -441,6 +435,11 @@ MUNIT_TEST(test_ei_device_pointer_abs)
 	}
 
 	with_client(peck) {
+		/* We know our default device has one region */
+		struct ei_region *r = ei_device_get_region(device, 0);
+		uint32_t maxx = ei_region_get_x(r) + ei_region_get_width(r);
+		uint32_t maxy = ei_region_get_y(r) + ei_region_get_height(r);
+
 		/* outside of pointer range, expect to be discarded */
 		ei_device_pointer_motion_absolute(device, maxx + 1, maxy/2);
 		ei_device_frame(device);