diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
index 7cba57fd2d594..fd523c884c7ce 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/snapshots/SharedClusterSnapshotRestoreIT.java
@@ -841,6 +841,8 @@ public void testSnapshotFileFailureDuringSnapshot() throws InterruptedException
     }
 
     public void testDataFileFailureDuringSnapshot() throws Exception {
+        disableRepoConsistencyCheck("This test intentionally leaves a broken repository");
+
         Client client = client();
         logger.info("-->  creating repository");
         assertAcked(client.admin().cluster().preparePutRepository("test-repo")