diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TopHitsTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TopHitsTests.java
index de680bfeacc..6e34ec1cff5 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TopHitsTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/aggregations/bucket/TopHitsTests.java
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ public class TopHitsTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                     .endObject()
                 .endObject()
                 .endObject().endObject().endObject()));
+        ensureGreen("idx", "empty", "articles");
 
         List<IndexRequestBuilder> builders = new ArrayList<>();
         for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {