diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RunDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RunDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java
index 88cc74a48b0..9148479ee38 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RunDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/qa/native-multi-node-tests/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/RunDataFrameAnalyticsIT.java
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class RunDataFrameAnalyticsIT extends MlNativeDataFrameAnalyticsIntegTest
 
         assertState(id, DataFrameAnalyticsState.STOPPED);
         startAnalytics(id);
-        assertState(id, DataFrameAnalyticsState.STARTED);
+        // State here could be any of STARTED, REINDEXING or ANALYZING
 
         assertThat(stopAnalytics(id).isStopped(), is(true));
         assertState(id, DataFrameAnalyticsState.STOPPED);