diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java
index 1ff001fae0c..dc0af77dc8a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java
@@ -82,13 +82,13 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
 
     public void testFailOver() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(3);
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(3);
+        ensureStableCluster();
         run("fail-over-job", () -> {
             GetJobsStatsAction.Request  request = new GetJobsStatsAction.Request("fail-over-job");
             GetJobsStatsAction.Response response = client().execute(GetJobsStatsAction.INSTANCE, request).actionGet();
             DiscoveryNode discoveryNode = response.getResponse().results().get(0).getNode();
             internalCluster().stopRandomNode(settings -> discoveryNode.getName().equals(settings.get("node.name")));
-            ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(2);
+            ensureStableCluster();
         });
     }
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
         String mlAndDataNode = internalCluster().startNode(
             onlyRoles(Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(DiscoveryNodeRole.DATA_ROLE, MachineLearning.ML_ROLE))))
         );
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(2);
+        ensureStableCluster();
         run("lose-dedicated-master-node-job", () -> {
             logger.info("Stopping dedicated master node");
             Settings masterDataPathSettings = internalCluster().dataPathSettings(internalCluster().getMasterName());
@@ -115,18 +115,18 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
                     .put(masterDataPathSettings)
                     .put(masterOnlyNode())
                     .build());
-            ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(2);
+            ensureStableCluster();
         });
     }
 
     public void testFullClusterRestart() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(3);
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(3);
+        ensureStableCluster();
         run("full-cluster-restart-job", () -> {
             logger.info("Restarting all nodes");
             internalCluster().fullRestart();
             logger.info("Restarted all nodes");
-            ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(3);
+            ensureStableCluster();
         });
     }
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
         internalCluster().startNode(onlyRoles(
             Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(DiscoveryNodeRole.DATA_ROLE, MachineLearning.ML_ROLE)))
         ));
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(2);
+        ensureStableCluster();
 
         // index some datafeed data
         client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("data")
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
         }
         logger.info("Starting dedicated ml node...");
         internalCluster().startNode(onlyRole(MachineLearning.ML_ROLE));
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(4);
+        ensureStableCluster();
 
         // index some datafeed data
         client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("data")
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
         internalCluster().startNode(onlyRoles(
             Collections.unmodifiableSet(new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(DiscoveryNodeRole.DATA_ROLE, MachineLearning.ML_ROLE)))
         ));
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(2);
+        ensureStableCluster();
 
         // index some datafeed data
         client().admin().indices().prepareCreate("data")
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
     public void testJobRelocationIsMemoryAware() throws Exception {
 
         internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(1);
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(1);
+        ensureStableCluster();
 
         // Open 4 small jobs.  Since there is only 1 node in the cluster they'll have to go on that node.
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
         // same node because we don't rebalance jobs that are happily running.
 
         internalCluster().ensureAtLeastNumDataNodes(3);
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(3);
+        ensureStableCluster();
 
         // Wait for the cluster to be green - this means the indices have been replicated.
 
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
         // Stop the current master node - this should be the one with the 4 small jobs on.
 
         internalCluster().stopCurrentMasterNode();
-        ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(2);
+        ensureStableCluster();
 
         // If memory requirements are used to reallocate the 4 small jobs (as we expect) then they should
         // all reallocate to the same node, that being the one that doesn't have the big job on.  If job counts
@@ -552,9 +552,7 @@ public class MlDistributedFailureIT extends BaseMlIntegTestCase {
         }, 30, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
     }
 
-    private void ensureStableClusterOnAllNodes(int nodeCount) {
-        for (String nodeName : internalCluster().getNodeNames()) {
-            ensureStableCluster(nodeCount, nodeName);
-        }
+    private void ensureStableCluster() {
+        ensureStableCluster(internalCluster().getNodeNames().length, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(60));
     }
 }