diff --git a/tests/common/skip.py b/tests/common/skip.py
index a340360ae..21bbfddad 100644
--- a/tests/common/skip.py
+++ b/tests/common/skip.py
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ class SkipIfEC:
   fix_later = pytest.mark.skipif(IS_EC, reason="It should work but doesn't.")
   contain_full_explain = pytest.mark.skipif(IS_EC, reason="Contain full explain output "
               "for hdfs tables.")
+  different_schedule = pytest.mark.skipif(IS_EC, reason="Query is scheduled differently.")
 
 
 class SkipIfDockerizedCluster:
diff --git a/tests/custom_cluster/test_runtime_profile.py b/tests/custom_cluster/test_runtime_profile.py
index 73d7b50be..933ad7c18 100644
--- a/tests/custom_cluster/test_runtime_profile.py
+++ b/tests/custom_cluster/test_runtime_profile.py
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import pytest
 from tests.common.custom_cluster_test_suite import CustomClusterTestSuite
+from tests.common.skip import SkipIfEC
 
 
 class TestRuntimeProfile(CustomClusterTestSuite):
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ class TestRuntimeProfile(CustomClusterTestSuite):
 
   PERIODIC_COUNTER_UPDATE_FLAG = '--periodic_counter_update_period_ms=50'
 
+  @SkipIfEC.different_schedule
   @pytest.mark.execute_serially
   @CustomClusterTestSuite.with_args('--gen_experimental_profile=true ' +
       PERIODIC_COUNTER_UPDATE_FLAG)