diff --git a/tests/metrics/test_metric_lightning.py b/tests/metrics/test_metric_lightning.py
index a35562327d..1622217c24 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/test_metric_lightning.py
+++ b/tests/metrics/test_metric_lightning.py
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ def test_metric_lightning(tmpdir):
 
 
 def test_metric_lightning_log(tmpdir):
+    """ Test logging a metric object and that the metric state gets reset after each epoch."""
     class TestModel(BoringModel):
         def __init__(self):
             super().__init__()
@@ -60,6 +61,9 @@ def test_metric_lightning_log(tmpdir):
             self.metric_epoch = SumMetric()
             self.sum = 0.0
 
+        def on_epoch_start(self):
+            self.sum = 0.0
+
         def training_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
             x = batch
             self.metric_step(x.sum())
@@ -77,7 +81,7 @@ def test_metric_lightning_log(tmpdir):
         default_root_dir=tmpdir,
         limit_train_batches=2,
         limit_val_batches=2,
-        max_epochs=1,
+        max_epochs=2,
         log_every_n_steps=1,
         weights_summary=None,
     )