diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkIntegrationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkIntegrationTest.java
index 50034e4dbe0..0a237f6caeb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkIntegrationTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ package org.elasticsearch.action.bench;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Predicate;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.English;
-import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.ActionFuture;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequestBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ public class BenchmarkIntegrationTest extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
         logger.info("--> Submitting benchmark - competitors [{}] iterations [{}]", request.competitors().size(),
                 request.settings().iterations());
 
-        client().bench(request);
+        final ActionFuture<BenchmarkResponse> future = client().bench(request);
 
         final boolean ret = awaitBusy(statusPredicate, TIMEOUT, TIME_UNIT);
         assertTrue(ret);
@@ -127,6 +126,12 @@ public class BenchmarkIntegrationTest extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                 validateCompetitionResult(result, competitionSettingsMap.get(result.competitionName()), false);
             }
         }
+        client().prepareAbortBench(BENCHMARK_NAME).get();
+        // Confirm that there are no active benchmarks in the cluster
+        assertThat(client().prepareBenchStatus().execute().actionGet().totalActiveBenchmarks(), equalTo(0));
+
+        // Confirm that benchmark was indeed aborted
+        assertThat(future.get().state(), isOneOf(BenchmarkResponse.State.ABORTED, BenchmarkResponse.State.COMPLETE));
     }
 
     @Test
@@ -161,7 +166,7 @@ public class BenchmarkIntegrationTest extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
         assertThat(statusResponse.totalActiveBenchmarks(), equalTo(0));
 
         // Confirm that benchmark was indeed aborted
-        assertThat(benchmarkResponse.get().state(), equalTo(BenchmarkResponse.State.ABORTED));
+        assertThat(benchmarkResponse.get().state(),isOneOf(BenchmarkResponse.State.ABORTED, BenchmarkResponse.State.COMPLETE));
     }
 
     @Test(expected = BenchmarkMissingException.class)
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkTestUtil.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkTestUtil.java
index ea069d333c6..09598ae22c6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkTestUtil.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/bench/BenchmarkTestUtil.java
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public class BenchmarkTestUtil {
     public static final int MAX_MULTIPLIER = 500;
     public static final int MIN_SMALL_INTERVAL = 1;
     public static final int MAX_SMALL_INTERVAL = 3;
-    public static final int MIN_LARGE_INTERVAL = 5;
+    public static final int MIN_LARGE_INTERVAL = 1;
     public static final int MAX_LARGE_INTERVAL = 7;
 
     public static final String BENCHMARK_NAME = "test_benchmark";
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ImmutableTestCluster.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ImmutableTestCluster.java
index e23766b14c0..04285cb232b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ImmutableTestCluster.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/test/ImmutableTestCluster.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchIllegalArgumentException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodeStats;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodesStatsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.state.ClusterStateResponse;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.bench.BenchmarkNodeMissingException;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.bench.BenchmarkStatusResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.Client;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetaData;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.logging.ESLogger;
@@ -32,12 +34,13 @@ import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndexMissingException;
 import org.elasticsearch.indices.IndexTemplateMissingException;
 import org.elasticsearch.repositories.RepositoryMissingException;
 
-
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.util.Random;
 
 import static org.elasticsearch.test.hamcrest.ElasticsearchAssertions.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.empty;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 
 /**
@@ -78,6 +81,12 @@ public abstract class ImmutableTestCluster implements Iterable<Client> {
         assertAllSearchersClosed();
         assertAllFilesClosed();
         ensureEstimatedStats();
+        try {
+            final BenchmarkStatusResponse statusResponse = client().prepareBenchStatus().execute().actionGet();
+            assertThat(statusResponse.benchmarkResponses(), is(empty()));
+        } catch (BenchmarkNodeMissingException ex) {
+            // that's fine
+        }
     }
 
     /**