diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py b/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py
index 9d0bce3b342b4..806bd7f2b7c93 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/test_sql.py
@@ -704,45 +704,29 @@ def test_complex(self):
         # Complex data type should raise error
         pytest.raises(ValueError, df.to_sql, 'test_complex', self.conn)
 
-    def test_to_sql_index_label(self):
-        temp_frame = DataFrame({'col1': range(4)})
-
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("index_name,index_label,expected", [
         # no index name, defaults to 'index'
-        sql.to_sql(temp_frame, 'test_index_label', self.conn)
-        frame = sql.read_sql_query('SELECT * FROM test_index_label', self.conn)
-        assert frame.columns[0] == 'index'
-
+        (None, None, "index"),
         # specifying index_label
-        sql.to_sql(temp_frame, 'test_index_label', self.conn,
-                   if_exists='replace', index_label='other_label')
-        frame = sql.read_sql_query('SELECT * FROM test_index_label', self.conn)
-        assert frame.columns[0] == "other_label"
-
+        (None, "other_label", "other_label"),
         # using the index name
-        temp_frame.index.name = 'index_name'
-        sql.to_sql(temp_frame, 'test_index_label', self.conn,
-                   if_exists='replace')
-        frame = sql.read_sql_query('SELECT * FROM test_index_label', self.conn)
-        assert frame.columns[0] == "index_name"
-
+        ("index_name", None, "index_name"),
         # has index name, but specifying index_label
-        sql.to_sql(temp_frame, 'test_index_label', self.conn,
-                   if_exists='replace', index_label='other_label')
-        frame = sql.read_sql_query('SELECT * FROM test_index_label', self.conn)
-        assert frame.columns[0] == "other_label"
-
+        ("index_name", "other_label", "other_label"),
         # index name is integer
-        temp_frame.index.name = 0
-        sql.to_sql(temp_frame, 'test_index_label', self.conn,
-                   if_exists='replace')
-        frame = sql.read_sql_query('SELECT * FROM test_index_label', self.conn)
-        assert frame.columns[0] == "0"
-
-        temp_frame.index.name = None
+        (0, None, "0"),
+        # index name is None but index label is integer
+        (None, 0, "0"),
+    ])
+    def test_to_sql_index_label(self, index_name,
+                                index_label, expected):
+        temp_frame = DataFrame({'col1': range(4)})
+        temp_frame.index.name = index_name
+        query = 'SELECT * FROM test_index_label'
         sql.to_sql(temp_frame, 'test_index_label', self.conn,
-                   if_exists='replace', index_label=0)
-        frame = sql.read_sql_query('SELECT * FROM test_index_label', self.conn)
-        assert frame.columns[0] == "0"
+                   index_label=index_label)
+        frame = sql.read_sql_query(query, self.conn)
+        assert frame.columns[0] == expected
 
     def test_to_sql_index_label_multiindex(self):
         temp_frame = DataFrame({'col1': range(4)},