diff --git a/test/TestOpAlgoLoopsPassingData.cpp b/test/TestOpAlgoLoopsPassingData.cpp
index 9c592e356..35a08e02a 100644
--- a/test/TestOpAlgoLoopsPassingData.cpp
+++ b/test/TestOpAlgoLoopsPassingData.cpp
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@ TEST(TestProcessingIterations, IterateThroughMultipleSumAndCopies)
         }
     )");
 
-    std::weak_ptr<kp::Sequence> sqWeakPtr =
-      mgr.getOrCreateManagedSequence("default");
 
-    if (std::shared_ptr<kp::Sequence> sq = sqWeakPtr.lock()) {
+    {
+        std::shared_ptr<kp::Sequence> sq =
+          mgr.getOrCreateManagedSequence("default");
+
         sq->begin();
 
         sq->record<kp::OpTensorCreate>({ tensorA, tensorB });
@@ -43,10 +44,10 @@ TEST(TestProcessingIterations, IterateThroughMultipleSumAndCopies)
         sq->eval();
     }
 
-    std::weak_ptr<kp::Sequence> sqWeakPtr2 =
-      mgr.getOrCreateManagedSequence("run");
+    {
+        std::shared_ptr<kp::Sequence> sq =
+          mgr.getOrCreateManagedSequence("run");
 
-    if (std::shared_ptr<kp::Sequence> sq = sqWeakPtr2.lock()) {
         sq->begin();
 
         sq->record<kp::OpAlgoBase>(
@@ -61,10 +62,10 @@ TEST(TestProcessingIterations, IterateThroughMultipleSumAndCopies)
         }
     }
 
-    std::weak_ptr<kp::Sequence> sqWeakPtr3 =
-      mgr.getOrCreateManagedSequence("export");
+    {
+        std::shared_ptr<kp::Sequence> sq =
+          mgr.getOrCreateManagedSequence("export");
 
-    if (std::shared_ptr<kp::Sequence> sq = sqWeakPtr3.lock()) {
         sq->begin();
 
         sq->record<kp::OpTensorSyncLocal>({ tensorA, tensorB });