diff --git a/tests/func/experiments/test_init.py b/tests/func/experiments/test_init.py
index f8a14e887..b2e4c9e94 100644
--- a/tests/func/experiments/test_init.py
+++ b/tests/func/experiments/test_init.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from dvc.repo.experiments.init import init
 from dvc.stage.exceptions import DuplicateStageName
 
 # the tests may hang on prompts on failure
-pytestmark = pytest.mark.timeout(1)
+pytestmark = pytest.mark.timeout(1, func_only=True)
 
 
 def test_init_simple(tmp_dir, scm, dvc, capsys):