Index: nose/nose/suite.py
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--- nose.orig/nose/suite.py	2014-05-06 19:53:59.000000000 +1000
+++ nose/nose/suite.py	2014-08-11 09:19:43.130409621 +1000
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
     def __init__(self, tests=()):
         """Initialize the suite. tests may be an iterable or a generator
         """
+        super(LazySuite, self).__init__()
         self._set_tests(tests)
 
     def __iter__(self):
