diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_replacing_vertical_merge.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_replacing_vertical_merge.sql
index 832fd4173b3..0048f8d7b24 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_replacing_vertical_merge.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01825_replacing_vertical_merge.sql
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ SETTINGS vertical_merge_algorithm_min_rows_to_activate = 1,
     min_bytes_for_wide_part = 0,
     merge_max_block_size = 16;
 
+SYSTEM STOP MERGES replacing_table;
+
 INSERT INTO replacing_table SELECT number, number, number from numbers(16);
 INSERT INTO replacing_table SELECT 100, number, number from numbers(16);
 
 SELECT sum(a), count() FROM replacing_table;
 
+SYSTEM START MERGES replacing_table;
+
 OPTIMIZE TABLE replacing_table FINAL;
 
 SELECT sum(a), count() FROM replacing_table;