diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator.go b/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator.go
index 69c8c47c..066edd0d 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type allAtOnceEvaluator struct {
 }
 
 func NewAllAtOnceEvaluator() Evaluator {
+	InitExpressionParser()
 	return &allAtOnceEvaluator{treeNavigator: NewDataTreeNavigator()}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator_test.go
index 546e3d84..2e9abc43 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/all_at_once_evaluator_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ var evaluateNodesScenario = []expressionScenario{
 }
 
 func TestAllAtOnceEvaluateNodes(t *testing.T) {
-	InitExpressionParser()
 	var evaluator = NewAllAtOnceEvaluator()
 	for _, tt := range evaluateNodesScenario {
 		node := test.ParseData(tt.document)
diff --git a/pkg/yqlib/expression_parser_test.go b/pkg/yqlib/expression_parser_test.go
index d31792eb..4c89d207 100644
--- a/pkg/yqlib/expression_parser_test.go
+++ b/pkg/yqlib/expression_parser_test.go
@@ -7,9 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getExpressionParser() ExpressionParserInterface {
-	if ExpressionParser == nil {
-		ExpressionParser = newExpressionParser()
-	}
+	InitExpressionParser()
 	return ExpressionParser
 }