diff --git a/pandas/tests/series/test_dtypes.py b/pandas/tests/series/test_dtypes.py
index afa0377205236..945b89e7c6f99 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/series/test_dtypes.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/series/test_dtypes.py
@@ -268,7 +268,8 @@ def test_astype_from_categorical(self):
 
     def test_astype_categorical_to_other(self):
 
-        df = DataFrame({'value': np.random.randint(0, 10000, 100)})
+        value = np.random.RandomState(0).randint(0, 10000, 100)
+        df = DataFrame({'value': value})
         labels = ["{0} - {1}".format(i, i + 499) for i in range(0, 10000, 500)]
         cat_labels = Categorical(labels, labels)