diff --git a/spec/factories/miq_region.rb b/spec/factories/miq_region.rb
index 6012c0854c0..2233f6593c0 100644
--- a/spec/factories/miq_region.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/miq_region.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 FactoryGirl.define do
+  region_remote = MiqRegion.my_region_number
+
   factory :miq_region do
-    sequence(:region)  { |reg| reg }
+    sequence(:region) { |region| region == region_remote ? region + 1 : region }
   end
 end