diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
index 18613cab3d081..e53bcb0480d7b 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/recovery/RelocationIT.java
@@ -363,7 +363,6 @@ public void indexShardStateChanged(
             long[] expectedCount = new long[] { -1 };
             for (Client client : clients()) {
                 assertNoFailuresAndResponse(client.prepareSearch("test").setPreference("_local").setSize(0), response -> {
-                    assertNoFailures(response);
                     if (expectedCount[0] < 0) {
                         expectedCount[0] = response.getHits().getTotalHits().value;
                     } else {