diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/acceptance.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/acceptance.go
index 676b8fc84170..265d76d64a6b 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/acceptance.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/acceptance.go
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ func registerAcceptance(r *testRegistry) {
 			// to head after 19.2 fails.
 			minVersion: "v19.2.0",
 			timeout:    30 * time.Minute,
-			skip:       "https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/issues/52907",
 		},
 	}
 	tags := []string{"default", "quick"}
diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_end_transaction.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_end_transaction.go
index b7a54fb92546..53bb1b3fde2d 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_end_transaction.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_end_transaction.go
@@ -904,6 +904,15 @@ func splitTriggerHelper(
 		return enginepb.MVCCStats{}, result.Result{}, err
 	}
 
+	if !rec.ClusterSettings().Version.IsActive(ctx, clusterversion.VersionAbortSpanBytes) {
+		// Since the stats here is used to seed the initial state for the RHS
+		// replicas, we need to be careful about zero-ing out the abort span
+		// bytes if the cluster version introducing it is not yet active. Not
+		// doing so can result in inconsistencies in MVCCStats across replicas
+		// in a mixed-version cluster.
+		h.AbsPostSplitRight().AbortSpanBytes = 0
+	}
+
 	// Note: we don't copy the queue last processed times. This means
 	// we'll process the RHS range in consistency and time series
 	// maintenance queues again possibly sooner than if we copied. The
@@ -1033,14 +1042,6 @@ func splitTriggerHelper(
 	if !rec.ClusterSettings().Version.IsActive(ctx, clusterversion.VersionContainsEstimatesCounter) {
 		deltaPostSplitLeft.ContainsEstimates = 0
 	}
-	if !rec.ClusterSettings().Version.IsActive(ctx, clusterversion.VersionAbortSpanBytes) {
-		// Since the stats here is used to seed the initial state for the RHS
-		// replicas, we need to be careful about zero-ing out the abort span
-		// bytes if the cluster version introducing it is not yet active. Not
-		// doing so can result in inconsistencies in MVCCStats across replicas
-		// in a mixed-version cluster.
-		pd.Replicated.Split.RHSDelta.AbortSpanBytes = 0
-	}
 	return deltaPostSplitLeft, pd, nil
 }