diff --git a/tests/migrations/test_commands.py b/tests/migrations/test_commands.py
index 00d4de1ff1..b253192a56 100644
--- a/tests/migrations/test_commands.py
+++ b/tests/migrations/test_commands.py
@@ -670,7 +670,15 @@ class MigrateTests(MigrationTestBase):
     def test_showmigrations_plan_app_label_no_migrations(self):
         out = io.StringIO()
         call_command('showmigrations', 'unmigrated_app', format='plan', stdout=out, no_color=True)
-        self.assertEqual('(no migrations)\n', out.getvalue())
+        try:
+            self.assertEqual('(no migrations)\n', out.getvalue())
+        finally:
+            # unmigrated_app.SillyModel has a foreign key to
+            # 'migrations.Tribble', but that model is only defined in a
+            # migration, so the global app registry never sees it and the
+            # reference is left dangling. Remove it to avoid problems in
+            # subsequent tests.
+            apps._pending_operations.pop(('migrations', 'tribble'), None)
 
     @override_settings(MIGRATION_MODULES={"migrations": "migrations.test_migrations"})
     def test_sqlmigrate_forwards(self):