diff --git a/neutron/tests/unit/bigswitch/test_base.py b/neutron/tests/unit/bigswitch/test_base.py
index 53be0931e8..6e5a0f7fe7 100644
--- a/neutron/tests/unit/bigswitch/test_base.py
+++ b/neutron/tests/unit/bigswitch/test_base.py
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ from neutron.db import api as db
 from neutron.plugins.bigswitch import config
 from neutron.tests.unit.bigswitch import fake_server
 
+# REVISIT(kevinbenton): This needs to be imported here to create the
+# portbindings table since it's not imported until function call time
+# in the porttracker_db module, which will cause unit test failures when
+# the unit tests are being run by testtools
+from neutron.db import portbindings_db  # noqa
+
 RESTPROXY_PKG_PATH = 'neutron.plugins.bigswitch.plugin'
 NOTIFIER = 'neutron.plugins.bigswitch.plugin.AgentNotifierApi'
 CALLBACKS = 'neutron.plugins.bigswitch.plugin.RestProxyCallbacks'