diff --git a/lib/contracts/contracts.js b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
index a5b0b40f8..65d723dd7 100644
--- a/lib/contracts/contracts.js
+++ b/lib/contracts/contracts.js
@@ -263,14 +263,17 @@ class ContractsManager {
         let className;
 
         function getDependencyCount(contractName, cycleDetector) {
+          if (!self.contracts[contractName]) {
+            return 0;
+          }
+          if (self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount || self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount === 0) {
+            // Already have that count
+            return self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount;
+          }
           if (!self.contractDependencies[contractName] || !self.contractDependencies[contractName].length) {
             self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount = 0;
             return 0;
           }
-          if (self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount) {
-            // Already have that count
-            return self.contracts[contractName].dependencyCount;
-          }
           let total = self.contractDependencies[contractName].length;
           self.contractDependencies[contractName].some(dependencyName => {
             if (cycleDetector.indexOf(dependencyName) > -1) {
diff --git a/lib/tests/test.js b/lib/tests/test.js
index 5fb85ccbc..4ef1421fd 100644
--- a/lib/tests/test.js
+++ b/lib/tests/test.js
@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ class Test {
 
       this.engine.contractsManager.build(() => {
         self.builtContracts = cloneDeep(self.engine.contractsManager.contracts);
+        let className;
+        for (className in self.builtContracts) {
+          self.builtContracts[className].dependencyCount = null;
+        }
         self.compiledContracts = cloneDeep(self.engine.contractsManager.compiledContracts);
         callback();
       });
@@ -214,6 +218,7 @@ class Test {
       function resetContracts(next) {
         self.engine.contractsManager.contracts = cloneDeep(self.builtContracts);
         self.engine.contractsManager.compiledContracts = cloneDeep(self.compiledContracts);
+        self.engine.contractsManager.contractDependencies = {};
         next();
       },
       function deploy(next) {