[tests] Use network_thread_start() in tests.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/test/functional/invalidblockrequest.py b/test/functional/invalidblockrequest.py
index 9f44b44927..a89d1d8ef2 100755
--- a/test/functional/invalidblockrequest.py
+++ b/test/functional/invalidblockrequest.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from test_framework.test_framework import ComparisonTestFramework
 from test_framework.util import *
 from test_framework.comptool import TestManager, TestInstance, RejectResult
 from test_framework.blocktools import *
+from test_framework.mininode import network_thread_start
 import copy
 import time
 
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ class InvalidBlockRequestTest(ComparisonTestFramework):
         test.add_all_connections(self.nodes)
         self.tip = None
         self.block_time = None
-        NetworkThread().start() # Start up network handling in another thread
+        network_thread_start()
         test.run()
 
     def get_tests(self):