diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vcopier_atomic.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vcopier_atomic.go
index bfcbd4960c3..1e3892c0f05 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vcopier_atomic.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/vreplication/vcopier_atomic.go
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ func (vc *vcopier) copyAll(ctx context.Context, settings binlogplayer.VRSettings
 	defer rowsCopiedTicker.Stop()
 
 	parallelism := int(math.Max(1, float64(vc.vr.workflowConfig.ParallelInsertWorkers)))
+	// For now do not support concurrent inserts for atomic copies.
+	if parallelism > 1 {
+		parallelism = 1
+		log.Infof("Disabling concurrent inserts for atomic copies")
+	}
 	copyWorkerFactory := vc.newCopyWorkerFactory(parallelism)
 	var copyWorkQueue *vcopierCopyWorkQueue