diff --git a/spec/requests/api/pipeline_schedules_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/pipeline_schedules_spec.rb
index 85d11deb26f2b0888a9166b50d8d1eccd7a8ef66..b34555d2815e442f3e0395f16a5d2c57333462a8 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/pipeline_schedules_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/pipeline_schedules_spec.rb
@@ -279,6 +279,8 @@ describe API::PipelineSchedules do
     end
 
     context 'authenticated user with invalid permissions' do
+      let!(:pipeline_schedule) { create(:ci_pipeline_schedule, project: project, owner: master) }
+
       it 'does not delete pipeline_schedule' do
         delete api("/projects/#{project.id}/pipeline_schedules/#{pipeline_schedule.id}", developer)