diff --git a/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py b/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py
index 57dbaf582b..916833602d 100644
--- a/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py
+++ b/tests/openvino/test_modeling.py
@@ -1988,10 +1988,10 @@ def test_compare_to_transformers(self, model_arch):
 
         gc.collect()
 
+    @parameterized.expand(["llava", "llava_next"])
     @unittest.skipIf(
         is_transformers_version("<", "4.45.0"), reason="New preprocessing available only in transformers >= 4.45"
     )
-    @parameterized.expand(["llava", "llava_next"])
     def test_llava_with_new_preprocessing(self, model_arch):
         prompt = "<image>\n What is shown in this image?"
         model_id = MODEL_NAMES[model_arch]