diff --git a/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java b/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java
index e845b638403..6a694e598c0 100644
--- a/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java
+++ b/qa/full-cluster-restart/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/upgrades/FullClusterRestartIT.java
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public class FullClusterRestartIT extends ESRestTestCase {
                 // TODO a binary field
                 .endObject();
             });
+            logger.info("Refreshing [{}]", index);
+            client().performRequest("POST", "/" + index + "/_refresh");
         }
         assertBasicSearchWorks(index);
     }