diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7b9af485332e..9ccf8f3e6c99 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 ### Fixes
 
+- `[jest-circus]` Fix test retries with beforeAll/beforeEach failures ([#8227](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8227))
 - `[expect]` Fix circular references in iterable equality ([#8160](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8160))
 - `[jest-changed-files]` Change method of obtaining git root ([#8052](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8052))
 - `[jest-each]` Fix test function type ([#8145](https://github.com/facebook/jest/pull/8145))
diff --git a/e2e/__tests__/testRetries.test.ts b/e2e/__tests__/testRetries.test.ts
index 6ae9ff75b2d7..3516c01b024c 100644
--- a/e2e/__tests__/testRetries.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/__tests__/testRetries.test.ts
@@ -92,4 +92,35 @@ describe('Test Retries', () => {
     expect(jsonResult.numPendingTests).toBe(0);
     expect(jsonResult.testResults[0].testResults[0].invocations).toBe(1);
   });
+
+  it('tests are not retried if beforeAll hook failure occurs', () => {
+    let jsonResult;
+
+    const reporterConfig = {
+      reporters: [
+        ['<rootDir>/reporters/RetryReporter.js', {output: outputFilePath}],
+      ],
+    };
+
+    runJest('test-retries', [
+      '--config',
+      JSON.stringify(reporterConfig),
+      'beforeAllFailure.test.js',
+    ]);
+
+    const testOutput = fs.readFileSync(outputFilePath, 'utf8');
+
+    try {
+      jsonResult = JSON.parse(testOutput);
+    } catch (err) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `Can't parse the JSON result from ${outputFileName}, ${err.toString()}`,
+      );
+    }
+
+    expect(jsonResult.numPassedTests).toBe(0);
+    expect(jsonResult.numFailedTests).toBe(1);
+    expect(jsonResult.numPendingTests).toBe(0);
+    expect(jsonResult.testResults[0].testResults[0].invocations).toBe(1);
+  });
 });
diff --git a/e2e/test-retries/__tests__/beforeAllFailure.test.js b/e2e/test-retries/__tests__/beforeAllFailure.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..915ee923a29d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/test-retries/__tests__/beforeAllFailure.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Facebook, Inc. and its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+'use strict';
+
+jest.retryTimes(3);
+
+beforeAll(() => {
+  throw new Error('Failure in beforeAll');
+});
+
+it('should not be retried because hook failure occurred', () => {
+  throw new Error('should not be invoked');
+});
diff --git a/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts b/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
index 04d5b8459b8d..fcff37cd826a 100644
--- a/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
+++ b/packages/jest-circus/src/run.ts
@@ -48,9 +48,14 @@ const _runTestsForDescribeBlock = async (describeBlock: DescribeBlock) => {
   const deferredRetryTests = [];
 
   for (const test of describeBlock.tests) {
+    const hasErrorsBeforeTestRun = test.errors.length > 0;
     await _runTest(test);
 
-    if (retryTimes > 0 && test.errors.length > 0) {
+    if (
+      hasErrorsBeforeTestRun === false &&
+      retryTimes > 0 &&
+      test.errors.length > 0
+    ) {
       deferredRetryTests.push(test);
     }
   }