diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/spark/DistributedSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/spark/DistributedSuite.scala
index 433d2fdc19..76b0884481 100644
--- a/core/src/test/scala/spark/DistributedSuite.scala
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/spark/DistributedSuite.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class DistributedSuite extends FunSuite with ShouldMatchers with BeforeAndAfter
       sc = null
     }
     System.clearProperty("spark.reducer.maxMbInFlight")
+    System.clearProperty("spark.storage.memoryFraction")
     // To avoid Akka rebinding to the same port, since it doesn't unbind immediately on shutdown
     System.clearProperty("spark.master.port")
   }
@@ -156,4 +157,13 @@ class DistributedSuite extends FunSuite with ShouldMatchers with BeforeAndAfter
     assert(data.count() === 1000)
     assert(data.count() === 1000)
   }
+
+  test("compute without caching with low memory") {
+    System.setProperty("spark.storage.memoryFraction", "0.0001")
+    sc = new SparkContext(clusterUrl, "test")
+    val data = sc.parallelize(1 to 4000000, 2).persist(StorageLevel.MEMORY_ONLY)
+    assert(data.count() === 4000000)
+    assert(data.count() === 4000000)
+    assert(data.count() === 4000000)
+  }
 }