diff --git a/test/ruby/test_iseq.rb b/test/ruby/test_iseq.rb
index 9d714a3708..315771db3d 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_iseq.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_iseq.rb
@@ -406,8 +406,8 @@ class TestISeq < Test::Unit::TestCase
       skip e.message if /compile with coverage/ =~ e.message
       raise
     end
-    iseq2 = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.load_from_binary(bin)
     skip "trace events does not load correctly since r62851"
+    iseq2 = RubyVM::InstructionSequence.load_from_binary(bin)
     assert_equal(iseq.to_a, iseq2.to_a)
   end
 end