diff --git a/Lib/test/test_code.py b/Lib/test/test_code.py
index 34110dbcace7e1..51dc998475c14f 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_code.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_code.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
                           check_impl_detail, requires_debug_ranges,
                           gc_collect, Py_GIL_DISABLED)
 from test.support.script_helper import assert_python_ok
-from test.support import threading_helper, import_helper
+from test.support import threading_helper, import_helper, refleak_helper
 from test.support.bytecode_helper import instructions_with_positions
 from opcode import opmap, opname
 from _testcapi import code_offset_to_line
@@ -667,6 +667,11 @@ def func2():
 
     @cpython_only
     def test_unusual_constants(self):
+        # We cannot use the @skipIf here because hunting_for_refleaks()
+        # is only true once we start executing the test.
+        if Py_GIL_DISABLED and refleak_helper.hunting_for_refleaks():
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("Immortalized objects trigger refleak detection")
+
         # gh-130851: Code objects constructed with constants that are not
         # types generated by the bytecode compiler should not crash the
         # interpreter.