diff --git a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb
index 7907b93479..d64037eec0 100644
--- a/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb
+++ b/activerecord/test/cases/adapters/postgresql/json_test.rb
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ class PostgresqlJSONTest < ActiveRecord::TestCase
   def setup
     @connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection
     begin
-      @connection.create_table('json_data_type') do |t|
-        t.json 'payload', :default => {}
+      @connection.transaction do
+        @connection.create_table('json_data_type') do |t|
+          t.json 'payload', :default => {}
+        end
       end
     rescue ActiveRecord::StatementInvalid
       return skip "do not test on PG without json"