diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/stats/SearchStatsTests.java b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/stats/SearchStatsTests.java
index fd100a64b9b..d4446fef52a 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/stats/SearchStatsTests.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/stats/SearchStatsTests.java
@@ -186,7 +186,6 @@ public class SearchStatsTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
         // force the scan to complete measuring the time taken
         // the total time the scroll is open should be greater than this
         // the number of queries should equal the number of pages in the scan times the number of shards
-        long time = System.nanoTime();
         int count = 0;
         while (true) {
             count++;
@@ -197,15 +196,11 @@ public class SearchStatsTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
                 break;
             }
         }
-        long total = System.nanoTime() - time;
-
         indicesStats = client().admin().indices().prepareStats().execute().actionGet();
-        assertThat(indicesStats.getTotal().getSearch().getTotal().getQueryCount(), equalTo(count * (long)numAssignedShards("test1")));
-        assertThat(indicesStats.getTotal().getSearch().getTotal().getScrollCount(), equalTo((long)numAssignedShards("test1")));
-        assertThat(
-                indicesStats.getTotal().getSearch().getTotal().getScrollTimeInMillis(),
-                greaterThan(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS.toMillis(total * numAssignedShards("test1")))
-        );
+        Stats stats = indicesStats.getTotal().getSearch().getTotal();
+        assertThat(stats.getQueryCount(), equalTo(count * (long)numAssignedShards("test1")));
+        assertThat(stats.getScrollCount(), equalTo((long)numAssignedShards("test1")));
+        assertThat(stats.getScrollTimeInMillis(), greaterThan(0l));
 
         // scroll, but with no timeout (so no context)
         searchResponse = client().prepareSearchScroll(searchResponse.getScrollId()).execute().actionGet();