diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java
index 5d3de4aa434..b004cf87764 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/engine/InternalEngineTests.java
@@ -4828,7 +4828,6 @@ public class InternalEngineTests extends EngineTestCase {
         }
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/53505")
     public void testKeepTranslogAfterGlobalCheckpoint() throws Exception {
         IOUtils.close(engine, store);
         final IndexSettings indexSettings = new IndexSettings(defaultSettings.getIndexMetaData(), defaultSettings.getNodeSettings(),
@@ -4870,8 +4869,8 @@ public class InternalEngineTests extends EngineTestCase {
                     engine.syncTranslog();
                 }
                 if (frequently()) {
-                    final long lastSyncedGlobalCheckpoint = Translog.readGlobalCheckpoint(translogPath, translogUUID);
                     engine.flush(randomBoolean(), true);
+                    final long lastSyncedGlobalCheckpoint = Translog.readGlobalCheckpoint(translogPath, translogUUID);
                     final List<IndexCommit> commits = DirectoryReader.listCommits(store.directory());
                     // Keep only one safe commit as the oldest commit.
                     final IndexCommit safeCommit = commits.get(0);