diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java
index 521c7cc5f0c..71ad0c6abdb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/index/translog/AbstractSimpleTranslogTests.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.elasticsearch.index.translog;
 
 import org.apache.lucene.index.Term;
+import org.apache.lucene.util.LuceneTestCase;
 import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamInput;
@@ -413,6 +414,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractSimpleTranslogTests extends ElasticsearchTestCase
     }
 
     @Test
+    @LuceneTestCase.AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "corrupting size can cause OOME")
     public void testTranslogChecksums() throws Exception {
         List<Translog.Location> locations = newArrayList();