diff --git a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/process_replay.py b/selfdrive/test/process_replay/process_replay.py
index 60006a0760..932f0f5b25 100755
--- a/selfdrive/test/process_replay/process_replay.py
+++ b/selfdrive/test/process_replay/process_replay.py
@@ -714,8 +714,8 @@ def _replay_multi_process(
 
   all_msgs = sorted(lr, key=lambda msg: msg.logMonoTime)
   log_msgs = []
+  containers = []
   try:
-    containers = []
     for cfg in cfgs:
       container = ProcessContainer(cfg)
       containers.append(container)