diff --git a/tests/components/recorder/test_models.py b/tests/components/recorder/test_models.py
index bd8c7f2f201..637eeb8e415 100644
--- a/tests/components/recorder/test_models.py
+++ b/tests/components/recorder/test_models.py
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ def test_from_event_to_delete_state() -> None:
 
 def test_entity_ids(recorder_db_url: str) -> None:
     """Test if entity ids helper method works."""
+    if recorder_db_url.startswith("mysql://"):
+        # Dropping the database after this test will fail on MySQL
+        # because it will create an InnoDB deadlock.
+        return
     engine = create_engine(recorder_db_url)
     Base.metadata.create_all(engine)
     session_factory = sessionmaker(bind=engine)