diff --git a/runtime/vm/native_api_impl.cc b/runtime/vm/native_api_impl.cc
index 895d5d680b4..75d9cd69da1 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/native_api_impl.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/native_api_impl.cc
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ DART_EXPORT void* Dart_ExecuteInternalCommand(const char* command, void* arg) {
 
   } else if (strcmp(command, "is-mutator-in-native") == 0) {
     Isolate* const isolate = reinterpret_cast<Isolate*>(arg);
-    if (isolate->mutator_thread()->execution_state() ==
+    if (isolate->mutator_thread()->execution_state_cross_thread_for_testing() ==
         Thread::kThreadInNative) {
       return arg;
     } else {
diff --git a/runtime/vm/thread.h b/runtime/vm/thread.h
index c1b0d03507d..1132a6e1776 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/thread.h
+++ b/runtime/vm/thread.h
@@ -751,6 +751,11 @@ class Thread : public ThreadState {
   ExecutionState execution_state() const {
     return static_cast<ExecutionState>(execution_state_);
   }
+  // Normally execution state is only accessed for the current thread.
+  NO_SANITIZE_THREAD
+  ExecutionState execution_state_cross_thread_for_testing() const {
+    return static_cast<ExecutionState>(execution_state_);
+  }
   void set_execution_state(ExecutionState state) {
     execution_state_ = static_cast<uword>(state);
   }
diff --git a/tests/ffi_2/ffi_2.status b/tests/ffi_2/ffi_2.status
index 8db64fb4050..c138d83c04c 100644
--- a/tests/ffi_2/ffi_2.status
+++ b/tests/ffi_2/ffi_2.status
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 # for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
 # BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
 
-[ $builder_tag == asan ]
-data_not_asan_test: SkipByDesign # This test tries to allocate too much memory on purpose.
-
 [ $system == android ]
 *: Pass, Slow # https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/38489
 
@@ -17,6 +14,9 @@ data_not_asan_test: SkipByDesign # This test tries to allocate too much memory o
 [ $arch == simarm || $arch == simarm64 ]
 *: Skip # FFI not yet supported on the arm simulator.
 
+[ $builder_tag == asan || $builder_tag == msan || $builder_tag == tsan ]
+data_not_asan_test: SkipByDesign # This test tries to allocate too much memory on purpose.
+
 # These tests trigger and catch an abort (intentionally) and terminate the VM.
 # They're incompatible with ASAN because not all memory is freed when aborting and
 # with AppJit because the abort the VM before it can generate a snapshot.