diff --git a/test/e2e/merge_gateways/merge_gateways_test.go b/test/e2e/merge_gateways/merge_gateways_test.go
index 9691d7ee3ef..6bfbb3a9539 100644
--- a/test/e2e/merge_gateways/merge_gateways_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/merge_gateways/merge_gateways_test.go
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ func TestMergeGateways(t *testing.T) {
 		Debug:                *flags.ShowDebug,
 		CleanupBaseResources: *flags.CleanupBaseResources,
 		RunTest:              *flags.RunTest,
+		SkipTests:            []string{},
 	})
 
 	// Setting up the necessary arguments for the suite instead of calling Suite.Setup method again,