diff --git a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_sequence_default.sql b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_sequence_default.sql
index 90513f782..268376248 100644
--- a/src/test/regress/sql/multi_sequence_default.sql
+++ b/src/test/regress/sql/multi_sequence_default.sql
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ SELECT * FROM seq_test_0_local_table ORDER BY 1, 2 LIMIT 5;
 \d seq_0_local_table
 -- cannot alter a sequence used in a distributed table
 -- since the metadata is synced to workers
+BEGIN;
+SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
+SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 ALTER SEQUENCE seq_0 AS bigint;
 ALTER SEQUENCE seq_0_local_table AS bigint;
 ALTER SEQUENCE seq_0 INCREMENT BY 2;
@@ -56,9 +59,6 @@ ALTER SEQUENCE seq_0_local_table INCREMENT BY 2;
 \d seq_0_local_table
 
 
-BEGIN;
-SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_1_port);
-SELECT stop_metadata_sync_to_node('localhost', :worker_2_port);
 -- check that we can add serial pseudo-type columns
 -- when metadata is not synced to workers
 TRUNCATE seq_test_0;