diff --git a/sky/sdk/example/stocks/lib/stock_data.dart b/sky/sdk/example/stocks/lib/stock_data.dart
index 5526a9c9cd4f0..7c1e046c21077 100644
--- a/sky/sdk/example/stocks/lib/stock_data.dart
+++ b/sky/sdk/example/stocks/lib/stock_data.dart
@@ -62,11 +62,15 @@ class StockDataFetcher {
   int _nextChunk = 0;
   final StockDataCallback callback;
 
+  static bool actuallyFetchData = true;
+
   StockDataFetcher(this.callback) {
     _fetchNextChunk();
   }
 
   void _fetchNextChunk() {
+    if (!actuallyFetchData)
+      return;
     fetchBody(_urlToFetch(_nextChunk++)).then((Response response) {
       String json = response.bodyAsString();
       if (json == null) {
diff --git a/sky/tests/examples/stocks.dart b/sky/tests/examples/stocks.dart
index 4db95d2f005ff..bd0050fc6e79c 100644
--- a/sky/tests/examples/stocks.dart
+++ b/sky/tests/examples/stocks.dart
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import 'dart:async';
 import 'package:sky/widgets/widget.dart';
 
 import '../../sdk/example/stocks/lib/main.dart';
+import '../../sdk/example/stocks/lib/stock_data.dart';
 import '../resources/display_list.dart';
 
 class TestStocksApp extends StocksApp {
@@ -21,6 +22,8 @@ class TestStocksApp extends StocksApp {
 }
 
 main() async {
+  StockDataFetcher.actuallyFetchData = false;
+
   TestRenderView testRenderView = new TestRenderView();
   TestStocksApp app = new TestStocksApp();
   runApp(app, renderViewOverride: testRenderView);