diff --git a/tests/llmcompressor/transformers/obcq/test_consecutive_runs.py b/tests/llmcompressor/transformers/obcq/test_consecutive_runs.py
index f70e7769fa..16c9003bed 100644
--- a/tests/llmcompressor/transformers/obcq/test_consecutive_runs.py
+++ b/tests/llmcompressor/transformers/obcq/test_consecutive_runs.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
 from transformers.utils.quantization_config import CompressedTensorsConfig
 
+from llmcompressor.transformers.utils import is_model_ct_quantized_from_path
 from llmcompressor.transformers.utils.helpers import infer_recipe_from_model_path
 from tests.testing_utils import parse_params, requires_gpu
 
@@ -137,10 +138,14 @@ class TestConsecutiveRunsGPU(TestConsecutiveRuns):
     def setUp(self):
         from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM
 
+        self.assertFalse(
+            is_model_ct_quantized_from_path(self.model),
+            "The provided model is quantized. Please use a dense model.",
+        )
+
         self.model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
             self.model,
             device_map=self.device,
-            quantization_config=self.quantization_config,
         )
 
         self.output = "./oneshot_output"