diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
index 78892516c4a..ba821b49559 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
@@ -3637,6 +3637,7 @@ public class SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT extends AbstractSnapshotIntegTestCas
     }
 
     @TestLogging("org.elasticsearch.snapshots:TRACE")
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/38226")
     public void testAbortedSnapshotDuringInitDoesNotStart() throws Exception {
         final Client client = client();