diff --git a/tests/common.py b/tests/common.py
index 5968a21cddb..98fc6188777 100644
--- a/tests/common.py
+++ b/tests/common.py
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ def init_recorder_component(hass, add_config=None):
 
 async def async_init_recorder_component(hass, add_config=None):
     """Initialize the recorder asynchronously."""
-    config = add_config or {}
+    config = add_config or {recorder.CONF_COMMIT_INTERVAL: 0}
     if recorder.CONF_DB_URL not in config:
         config[recorder.CONF_DB_URL] = "sqlite://"
 
diff --git a/tests/components/recorder/test_init.py b/tests/components/recorder/test_init.py
index b18e663fe6d..de1a0b4c8b4 100644
--- a/tests/components/recorder/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/components/recorder/test_init.py
@@ -185,7 +185,9 @@ async def test_saving_many_states(
     hass: HomeAssistant, async_setup_recorder_instance: SetupRecorderInstanceT
 ):
     """Test we expire after many commits."""
-    instance = await async_setup_recorder_instance(hass)
+    instance = await async_setup_recorder_instance(
+        hass, {recorder.CONF_COMMIT_INTERVAL: 1}
+    )
 
     entity_id = "test.recorder"
     attributes = {"test_attr": 5, "test_attr_10": "nice"}
diff --git a/tests/components/recorder/test_util.py b/tests/components/recorder/test_util.py
index fa0a8fb3c49..1464a4ea58f 100644
--- a/tests/components/recorder/test_util.py
+++ b/tests/components/recorder/test_util.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ def test_validate_or_move_away_sqlite_database(hass, tmpdir, caplog):
 
 async def test_last_run_was_recently_clean(hass):
     """Test we can check if the last recorder run was recently clean."""
-    await async_init_recorder_component(hass)
+    await async_init_recorder_component(hass, {recorder.CONF_COMMIT_INTERVAL: 1})
     await hass.async_block_till_done()
 
     cursor = hass.data[DATA_INSTANCE].engine.raw_connection().cursor()