diff --git a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_add_sstable_test.go b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_add_sstable_test.go
index fc24751ab6d8..738c14347593 100644
--- a/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_add_sstable_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kv/kvserver/batcheval/cmd_add_sstable_test.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/storage/fs"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/serverutils"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/skip"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/storageutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/hlc"
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ func TestEvalAddSSTable(t *testing.T) {
 	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
 	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
 
+	skip.UnderDeadlock(t, "probable OOM")
+
 	storage.DisableMetamorphicSimpleValueEncoding(t)
 
 	const intentTS = 100 // values with this timestamp are written as intents