diff --git a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java
index 4938b307e75..10c9f399d4c 100644
--- a/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java
+++ b/test/framework/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTestCase.java
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ public abstract class IndexShardTestCase extends ESTestCase {
         recoverReplica(replica, primary,
             (r, sourceNode) -> new RecoveryTarget(r, sourceNode, recoveryListener, version -> {
             }),
-            true, true);
+            true, startReplica);
     }
 
     /** recovers a replica from the given primary **/