diff --git a/tests/modeltests/update_only_fields/tests.py b/tests/modeltests/update_only_fields/tests.py
index e843bd7ab9..8609821a44 100644
--- a/tests/modeltests/update_only_fields/tests.py
+++ b/tests/modeltests/update_only_fields/tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-from django.test import TestCase
+from django.test import TestCase, skipUnlessDBFeature
 from django.db.models.signals import pre_save, post_save
 from .models import Person, Employee, ProxyEmployee, Profile, Account
 
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ class UpdateOnlyFieldsTests(TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(pre_save_data), 0)
         self.assertEqual(len(post_save_data), 0)
 
+    # A bug in SQLUpdateCompiler prevents this test from succeeding on MySQL
+    # Require update_can_self_select for this test for now. Refs #18304.
+    @skipUnlessDBFeature('update_can_self_select')
     def test_num_queries_inheritance(self):
         s = Employee.objects.create(name='Sara', gender='F')
         s.employee_num = 1