diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
index 07eddc1591..e443f86a29 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/common/config.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
   readonly projects: FullProjectInternal[] = [];
   readonly singleTSConfigPath?: string;
   readonly populateGitInfo: boolean;
+  readonly skipAfterAnyFailure: boolean;
   cliArgs: string[] = [];
   cliGrep: string | undefined;
   cliGrepInvert: string | undefined;
@@ -87,8 +88,9 @@ export class FullConfigInternal {
     // so that plugins such as gitCommitInfoPlugin can populate metadata once.
     userConfig.metadata = userConfig.metadata || {};
 
+    this.skipAfterAnyFailure = userConfig.skipAfterAnyFailure ?? true;
+
     this.config = {
-      skipAfterAnyFailure: userConfig.skipAfterAnyFailure ?? true,
       configFile: resolvedConfigFile,
       rootDir: pathResolve(configDir, userConfig.testDir) || configDir,
       forbidOnly: takeFirst(configCLIOverrides.forbidOnly, userConfig.forbidOnly, false),