diff --git a/db/db_test2.cc b/db/db_test2.cc
index 7800144bad4167097b4269eb22319c232de4f988..cc30ef85b51f67c3f2541c93dc445cf9f23c6b6c 100644
--- a/db/db_test2.cc
+++ b/db/db_test2.cc
@@ -2649,7 +2649,7 @@ TEST_F(DBTest2, PinnableSliceAndMmapReads) {
 #endif
 }
 
-TEST_F(DBTest2, IteratorPinnedMemory) {
+TEST_F(DBTest2, DISABLED_IteratorPinnedMemory) {
   Options options = CurrentOptions();
   options.create_if_missing = true;
   options.statistics = rocksdb::CreateDBStatistics();
diff --git a/table/block.cc b/table/block.cc
index d11771c033bb8564c8d18a4dd73a7b0bf068e3ba..2d662bb2d71fc9729f0084c12319b7c012857a30 100644
--- a/table/block.cc
+++ b/table/block.cc
@@ -762,7 +762,11 @@ BlockBasedTableOptions::DataBlockIndexType Block::IndexType() const {
   return index_type;
 }
 
-Block::~Block() { TEST_SYNC_POINT("Block::~Block"); }
+Block::~Block() {
+  // This sync point can be re-enabled once the right order for global static
+  // initialization/destruction across compilation units is determined.
+  // TEST_SYNC_POINT("Block::~Block");
+}
 
 Block::Block(BlockContents&& contents, SequenceNumber _global_seqno,
              size_t read_amp_bytes_per_bit, Statistics* statistics)