diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01533_optimize_skip_merged_partitions.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01533_optimize_skip_merged_partitions.sql
index 325aaa2d6bb..70f73d960fc 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01533_optimize_skip_merged_partitions.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01533_optimize_skip_merged_partitions.sql
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS optimize_final;
 
-CREATE TABLE optimize_final(t DateTime, x Int32) ENGINE = MergeTree() PARTITION BY toYYYYMM(t) ORDER BY x;
+CREATE TABLE optimize_final(t DateTime, x Int32) ENGINE = MergeTree() PARTITION BY toYYYYMM(t) ORDER BY x SETTINGS optimize_skip_merged_partitions=1;
 
 INSERT INTO optimize_final SELECT toDate('2000-01-01'), number FROM numbers(5);
 INSERT INTO optimize_final SELECT toDate('2000-01-01'), number + 5 FROM numbers(5);