diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_alignment_test.cc b/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_alignment_test.cc
index 4c676c6cc76..cd19a43695c 100644
--- a/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_alignment_test.cc
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_alignment_test.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include "BLI_utildefines.h"
 
 #include "MEM_guardedalloc.h"
+#include "guardedalloc_test_base.h"
 
 #define CHECK_ALIGNMENT(ptr, align) EXPECT_EQ((size_t)ptr % align, 0)
 
@@ -32,90 +33,26 @@ void DoBasicAlignmentChecks(const int alignment)
 
 }  // namespace
 
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc1)
+TEST_F(LockFreeAllocatorTest, MEM_mallocN_aligned)
 {
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(1);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc1)
-{
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(1);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc2)
-{
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(2);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc2)
-{
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(2);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc4)
-{
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(4);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc4)
-{
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(4);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc8)
-{
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(8);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc8)
-{
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(8);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc16)
-{
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(16);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc16)
-{
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(16);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc32)
-{
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(32);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc32)
-{
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(32);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc256)
-{
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(256);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc256)
-{
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(256);
-}
-
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeAlignedAlloc512)
-{
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(512);
 }
 
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedAlignedAlloc512)
+TEST_F(GuardedAllocatorTest, MEM_mallocN_aligned)
 {
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
+  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(1);
+  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(2);
+  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(4);
+  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(8);
+  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(16);
+  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(32);
+  DoBasicAlignmentChecks(256);
   DoBasicAlignmentChecks(512);
 }
diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_overflow_test.cc b/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_overflow_test.cc
index efbfc171fff..1424005e181 100644
--- a/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_overflow_test.cc
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_overflow_test.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 #include "MEM_guardedalloc.h"
 
+#include "guardedalloc_test_base.h"
+
 /* We expect to abort on integer overflow, to prevent possible exploits. */
 
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(__clang__)
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ void CallocArray(size_t len, size_t size)
 
 }  // namespace
 
-TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeIntegerOverflow)
+TEST_F(LockFreeAllocatorTest, LockfreeIntegerOverflow)
 {
   MallocArray(1, SIZE_MAX);
   CallocArray(SIZE_MAX, 1);
@@ -44,10 +46,8 @@ TEST(guardedalloc, LockfreeIntegerOverflow)
   EXPECT_EXIT(CallocArray(SIZE_MAX, SIZE_MAX), ABORT_PREDICATE, "");
 }
 
-TEST(guardedalloc, GuardedIntegerOverflow)
+TEST_F(GuardedAllocatorTest, GuardedIntegerOverflow)
 {
-  MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
-
   MallocArray(1, SIZE_MAX);
   CallocArray(SIZE_MAX, 1);
   MallocArray(SIZE_MAX / 2, 2);
diff --git a/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_test_base.h b/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_test_base.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c56cb9abe29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/intern/guardedalloc/tests/guardedalloc_test_base.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* Apache License, Version 2.0 */
+
+#ifndef __GUARDEDALLOC_TEST_UTIL_H__
+#define __GUARDEDALLOC_TEST_UTIL_H__
+
+#include "testing/testing.h"
+
+#include "MEM_guardedalloc.h"
+
+class LockFreeAllocatorTest : public ::testing::Test {
+ protected:
+  virtual void SetUp()
+  {
+    MEM_use_lockfree_allocator();
+  }
+};
+
+class GuardedAllocatorTest : public ::testing::Test {
+ protected:
+  virtual void SetUp()
+  {
+    MEM_use_guarded_allocator();
+  }
+};
+
+#endif  // __GUARDEDALLOC_TEST_UTIL_H__