diff --git a/tests/unit/algorithms/detection/adapters/mmdet/test_task.py b/tests/unit/algorithms/detection/adapters/mmdet/test_task.py
index 9645fd7c9e8..db35bda88aa 100644
--- a/tests/unit/algorithms/detection/adapters/mmdet/test_task.py
+++ b/tests/unit/algorithms/detection/adapters/mmdet/test_task.py
@@ -283,6 +283,8 @@ def test_det_evaluate(self) -> None:
     def test_det_evaluate_with_empty_annotations(self) -> None:
         """Test evaluate function for detection with empty predictions."""
 
+        _config = ModelConfiguration(DetectionConfig(), self.det_label_schema)
+        _model = ModelEntity(self.det_dataset, _config)
         resultset = ResultSetEntity(_model, self.det_dataset, self.det_dataset.with_empty_annotations())
         self.det_task.evaluate(resultset)
         assert resultset.performance.score.value == 0.0