diff --git a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/smoketest_secure.go b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/smoketest_secure.go
index d0ca5065c20f..a0d7465947fc 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/smoketest_secure.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/roachtest/tests/smoketest_secure.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func multitenantSmokeTest(ctx context.Context, t test.Test, c cluster.Cluster) {
 
 	// init kv and check new database was done right
 	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("./cockroach workload init kv '%s'", ten.secureURL())
-	err = c.RunE(ctx, c.Node(1), cmd)
+	err = c.RunE(ctx, c.Node(2), cmd)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(db).CheckQueryResultsRetry(t, fmt.Sprintf(`