diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpch_concurrency.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpch_concurrency.go
index 04d17de297c7..79c2fc8b0d03 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpch_concurrency.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/tpch_concurrency.go
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ func registerTPCHConcurrency(r registry.Registry) {
 				// diagram of the query.
 				rows, err := conn.Query("EXPLAIN (DISTSQL) " + tpch.QueriesByNumber[queryNum])
 				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatal(err)
+					return err
 				}
 				defer rows.Close()
 				for rows.Next() {