diff --git a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
index 9191f653e3a..0f3f85a9472 100644
--- a/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
+++ b/go/test/endtoend/vreplication/resharding_workflows_v2_test.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func tstWorkflowExec(t *testing.T, cells, workflow, sourceKs, targetKs, tables,
 		}
 		args = append(args, "--timeout=90s")
 	}
-	if action == workflowActionCreate && options.atomicCopy {
+	if currentWorkflowType == binlogdatapb.VReplicationWorkflowType_MoveTables && action == workflowActionCreate && options.atomicCopy {
 		args = append(args, "--atomic-copy")
 	}
 	if (action == workflowActionCreate || action == workflowActionSwitchTraffic || action == workflowActionReverseTraffic) && cells != "" {