diff --git a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
index 777b95813..c2dd8b85b 100644
--- a/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
+++ b/db_stress_tool/db_stress_test_base.cc
@@ -2491,6 +2491,13 @@ void StressTest::Open() {
           fault_fs_guard
               ->FileExists(FLAGS_db + "/CURRENT", IOOptions(), nullptr)
               .ok()) {
+        if (!FLAGS_sync) {
+          // When DB Stress is not sync mode, we expect all WAL writes to
+          // WAL is durable. Buffering unsynced writes will cause false
+          // positive in crash tests. Before we figure out a way to
+          // solve it, skip WAL from failure injection.
+          fault_fs_guard->SetSkipDirectWritableTypes({kWalFile});
+        }
         ingest_meta_error = FLAGS_open_metadata_write_fault_one_in;
         ingest_write_error = FLAGS_open_write_fault_one_in;
         ingest_read_error = FLAGS_open_read_fault_one_in;
@@ -2500,13 +2507,6 @@ void StressTest::Open() {
               FLAGS_open_metadata_write_fault_one_in);
         }
         if (ingest_write_error) {
-          if (!FLAGS_sync) {
-            // When DB Stress is not sync mode, we expect all WAL writes to
-            // WAL is durable. Buffering unsynced writes will cause false
-            // positive in crash tests. Before we figure out a way to
-            // solve it, skip WAL from failure injection.
-            fault_fs_guard->SetSkipDirectWritableTypes({kWalFile});
-          }
           fault_fs_guard->SetFilesystemDirectWritable(false);
           fault_fs_guard->EnableWriteErrorInjection();
           fault_fs_guard->SetRandomWriteError(