diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
index 2726de23758..ace92159639 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchAsyncActionTests.java
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ public class SearchAsyncActionTests extends ESTestCase {
         assertEquals(10, numRequests.get());
     }
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/29242")
     public void testFanOutAndCollect() throws InterruptedException {
         SearchRequest request = new SearchRequest();
         request.allowPartialSearchResults(true);
@@ -347,6 +346,9 @@ public class SearchAsyncActionTests extends ESTestCase {
                             sendReleaseSearchContext(result.getRequestId(), new MockConnection(result.node), OriginalIndices.NONE);
                         }
                         responseListener.onResponse(response);
+                        if (latch.getCount() == 0) {
+                            throw new AssertionError("Running a search phase after the latch has reached 0 !!!!");
+                        }
                         latch.countDown();
                     }
                 };