diff --git a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/new_schema_changer b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/new_schema_changer
index d78384e573af..6b5e050e42e8 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/new_schema_changer
+++ b/pkg/sql/logictest/testdata/logic_test/new_schema_changer
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # knob-opt: disable-corpus-generation sync-event-log
 
+skip_on_retry
+
 subtest add_column
 
 statement ok
@@ -1428,8 +1430,6 @@ INSERT INTO t VALUES (1), (2), (3)
 statement ok
 SET use_declarative_schema_changer = 'unsafe_always';
 
-skip_on_retry
-
 statement ok
 BEGIN