diff --git a/stock_reserve_sale/test/sale_reserve.yml b/stock_reserve_sale/test/sale_reserve.yml
index 7450caad6..a3a81a472 100644
--- a/stock_reserve_sale/test/sale_reserve.yml
+++ b/stock_reserve_sale/test/sale_reserve.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-
+  I force recomputation of stock.location parent left/right
+-
+  !python {model: stock.location}:
+    # we need this because when running the tests at install time as is done on
+    # Travis, the hook performing this operation for the new stock reservation
+    # location is run after the test execution. This causes the stock level
+    # computation to be wrong at the time the tests are run.
+    self._parent_store_compute(cr)
 -
   I create a product to test the stock reservation
 -