diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
index cdc4f79b4eb..69a04d27395 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/shard/IndexShardTests.java
@@ -733,6 +733,7 @@ public class IndexShardTests extends IndexShardTestCase {
         return fut.get();
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl="https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/35850")
     public void testOperationPermitOnReplicaShards() throws Exception {
         final ShardId shardId = new ShardId("test", "_na_", 0);
         final IndexShard indexShard;