diff --git a/test/integration/component/test_project_limits.py b/test/integration/component/test_project_limits.py
index 17ddfc67da5..9184dca5202 100644
--- a/test/integration/component/test_project_limits.py
+++ b/test/integration/component/test_project_limits.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class TestProjectLimits(cloudstackTestCase):
         #    Also, verify resource limits for the project are independent of
         #    account resource limits
         # 3. Increase Projects Resources limits above domains limit. Verify
-        #    project can’t have more resources than domain level limit allows.
+        #    project can't have more resources than domain level limit allows.
         # 4. Create Resource more than its set limit for a project. Verify
         #    resource allocation should fail giving proper message
 
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ class TestProjectLimits(cloudstackTestCase):
                                         max=2
                                       )
             with self.assertRaises(Exception):
+                max_value = 3
                 self.debug(
                     "Attempting to update project: %s resource limit to: %s" % (
                                                                 project.id,
@@ -321,7 +322,7 @@ class TestProjectLimits(cloudstackTestCase):
                 update_resource_limit(
                                         self.apiclient,
                                         resource.resourcetype,
-                                        max=3,
+                                        max=max_value,
                                         projectid=project.id
                                       )
         return