diff --git a/bigquery/tests/system.py b/bigquery/tests/system.py
index baad4a240507..7d292689344a 100644
--- a/bigquery/tests/system.py
+++ b/bigquery/tests/system.py
@@ -826,6 +826,8 @@ def test_dump_table_w_public_data(self):
 
         dataset = Config.CLIENT.dataset(DATASET_NAME, project=PUBLIC)
         table = dataset.table(TABLE_NAME)
+        # Reload table to get the schema before fetching the rows.
+        table.reload()
         self._fetch_single_page(table)
 
     def test_insert_nested_nested(self):