diff --git a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
index 63974ea0cf..a985f2afef 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/go_test.go
@@ -5750,6 +5750,21 @@ func TestAtomicCoverpkgAll(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Issue 23882.
+func TestCoverpkgAllRuntime(t *testing.T) {
+	tg := testgo(t)
+	defer tg.cleanup()
+	tg.parallel()
+
+	tg.tempFile("src/x/x.go", `package x; import _ "runtime"; func F() {}`)
+	tg.tempFile("src/x/x_test.go", `package x; import "testing"; func TestF(t *testing.T) { F() }`)
+	tg.setenv("GOPATH", tg.path("."))
+	tg.run("test", "-coverpkg=all", "x")
+	if canRace {
+		tg.run("test", "-coverpkg=all", "-race", "x")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestBadCommandLines(t *testing.T) {
 	tg := testgo(t)
 	defer tg.cleanup()
diff --git a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
index a99c6a5ec2..67bc67c239 100644
--- a/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/go/internal/test/test.go
@@ -668,6 +668,14 @@ func runTest(cmd *base.Command, args []string) {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			// If using the race detector, silently ignore
+			// attempts to run coverage on the runtime
+			// packages. It will cause the race detector
+			// to be invoked before it has been initialized.
+			if cfg.BuildRace && p.Standard && (p.ImportPath == "runtime" || strings.HasPrefix(p.ImportPath, "runtime/internal")) {
+				continue
+			}
+
 			if haveMatch {
 				testCoverPkgs = append(testCoverPkgs, p)
 			}