diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py
index a2ebb125ee..a3d4de9369 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/creation.py
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ class SpatiaLiteCreation(DatabaseCreation):
             verbosity=max(verbosity - 1, 0),
             interactive=False,
             database=self.connection.alias,
-            load_initial_data=False)
+            load_initial_data=False,
+            test_flush=True)
 
         # We then serialize the current state of the database into a string
         # and store it on the connection. This slightly horrific process is so people
@@ -50,16 +51,6 @@ class SpatiaLiteCreation(DatabaseCreation):
         if serialize:
             self.connection._test_serialized_contents = self.serialize_db_to_string()
 
-        # We need to then do a flush to ensure that any data installed by
-        # custom SQL has been removed. The only test data should come from
-        # test fixtures, or autogenerated from post_migrate triggers.
-        # This has the side effect of loading initial data (which was
-        # intentionally skipped in the migrate).
-        call_command('flush',
-            verbosity=max(verbosity - 1, 0),
-            interactive=False,
-            database=self.connection.alias)
-
         call_command('createcachetable', database=self.connection.alias)
 
         # Ensure a connection for the side effect of initializing the test database.