diff --git a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreTests.java b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreTests.java
index 33f041533cf..053caa257d2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/functionscore/FunctionScoreTests.java
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@ public class FunctionScoreTests extends ElasticsearchIntegrationTest {
 
     @Test
     public void testScriptScoresWithAgg() throws IOException {
+        createIndex(INDEX);
+        ensureYellow();
         index(INDEX, TYPE, "1", jsonBuilder().startObject().field("dummy_field", 1).endObject());
         refresh();
         SearchResponse response = client().search(