diff --git a/misk-jdbc/src/testFixtures/kotlin/misk/jdbc/JdbcTestFixture.kt b/misk-jdbc/src/testFixtures/kotlin/misk/jdbc/JdbcTestFixture.kt
index 66bda0ff30..319eb96b83 100644
--- a/misk-jdbc/src/testFixtures/kotlin/misk/jdbc/JdbcTestFixture.kt
+++ b/misk-jdbc/src/testFixtures/kotlin/misk/jdbc/JdbcTestFixture.kt
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ class JdbcTestFixture(
   private val persistentTables = setOf("schema_version")
 
   override fun reset() {
+    if (!dataSourceService.isRunning) {
+      logger.info { "Skipping truncate tables because data source is not running" }
+      return
+    }
     val stopwatch = Stopwatch.createStarted()
 
     val truncatedTableNames = shards(dataSourceService).get().flatMap { shard ->