diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java
index bd7931ff21d..f04cce82331 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/DatafeedJobsIT.java
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ public class DatafeedJobsIT extends MlNativeAutodetectIntegTestCase {
         indexDocs(logger, "data", numDocs1, lastWeek, now);
 
         Job.Builder job = createScheduledJob("realtime-job");
+        registerJob(job);
         assertTrue(putJob(job).isAcknowledged());
         openJob(job.getId());
         assertBusy(() -> {