diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/base/missing.py b/pandas/tests/extension/base/missing.py
index cab81f864d8d8..2523cbf2d6f78 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/base/missing.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/base/missing.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ def test_fillna_series(self, data_missing):
     def test_fillna_series_method(self, data_missing, fillna_method):
         fill_value = data_missing[1]
 
-        if fillna_method == "ffill":
+        if fillna_method in {"pad", "ffill"}:
             data_missing = data_missing[::-1]
 
         result = pd.Series(data_missing).fillna(method=fillna_method)
diff --git a/pandas/tests/extension/conftest.py b/pandas/tests/extension/conftest.py
index 0d14128e3bebf..c7d719d996720 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/extension/conftest.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/extension/conftest.py
@@ -169,10 +169,10 @@ def use_numpy(request):
     return request.param
 
 
-@pytest.fixture(params=["ffill", "bfill"])
+@pytest.fixture(params=["bfill", "pad", "ffill"])
 def fillna_method(request):
     """
-    Parametrized fixture giving method parameters 'ffill' and 'bfill' for
+    Parametrized fixture giving method parameters 'bfill', 'pad', and 'ffill' for
     Series.fillna(method=<method>) testing.
     """
     return request.param