diff --git a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/lancedb_storage.py b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/lancedb_storage.py
index 08ca68483..424898d52 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/lancedb_storage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/src/crewai/memory/storage/lancedb_storage.py
@@ -210,9 +210,10 @@ class LanceDBStorage:
         ]
         try:
             table = self._db.create_table(self._table_name, placeholder)
-            table.delete("id = '__schema_placeholder__'")
         except ValueError:
             table = self._db.open_table(self._table_name)
+        else:
+            table.delete("id = '__schema_placeholder__'")
         return table
 
     def _ensure_scope_index(self) -> None:
diff --git a/lib/crewai/tests/memory/test_concurrent_storage.py b/lib/crewai/tests/memory/test_concurrent_storage.py
index 86ef50771..f31264847 100644
--- a/lib/crewai/tests/memory/test_concurrent_storage.py
+++ b/lib/crewai/tests/memory/test_concurrent_storage.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import multiprocessing
 import os
 import sqlite3
 import tempfile
-from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 
@@ -166,6 +165,7 @@ def _run_workers(target, args_fn, n_workers=N_WORKERS, timeout=120):
     return successes, errors
 
 
+@pytest.mark.timeout(120)
 class TestConcurrentLanceDB:
     """Concurrent multi-process writes to LanceDB."""