diff --git a/src/libs/sqlite/sqlitedatabase.cpp b/src/libs/sqlite/sqlitedatabase.cpp
index 61df6481488..5e72d6660e3 100644
--- a/src/libs/sqlite/sqlitedatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/libs/sqlite/sqlitedatabase.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ Database::Database(Utils::PathString databaseFilePath,
     open(std::move(databaseFilePath), lockingMode);
 
 #ifndef QT_NO_DEBUG
-    execute("PRAGMA reverse_unordered_selects=1");
+    if (std::rand() % 2)
+        execute("PRAGMA reverse_unordered_selects=1");
+
 #endif
 }