diff --git a/tests/components/recorder/conftest.py b/tests/components/recorder/conftest.py
index d66cf4fe2ec..b13b3b270a9 100644
--- a/tests/components/recorder/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/components/recorder/conftest.py
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class InstrumentedMigration:
     non_live_migration_done: threading.Event
     non_live_migration_done_stall: threading.Event
     apply_update_mock: Mock
-    stall_on_schema_version: int
+    stall_on_schema_version: int | None
     apply_update_stalled: threading.Event
 
 
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ def instrument_migration(
         old_version: int,
     ):
         """Control migration progress."""
-        if new_version == instrumented_migration.stall_on_schema_version:
+        stall_version = instrumented_migration.stall_on_schema_version
+        if stall_version is None or stall_version == new_version:
             instrumented_migration.apply_update_stalled.set()
             instrumented_migration.migration_stall.wait()
         real_apply_update(
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ def instrument_migration(
             non_live_migration_done=threading.Event(),
             non_live_migration_done_stall=threading.Event(),
             apply_update_mock=apply_update_mock,
-            stall_on_schema_version=1,
+            stall_on_schema_version=None,
             apply_update_stalled=threading.Event(),
         )