diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/ShrinkIndexIT.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/ShrinkIndexIT.java
index 582ab09a1f868..1ee344e326a00 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/ShrinkIndexIT.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/admin/indices/create/ShrinkIndexIT.java
@@ -580,7 +580,9 @@ public void testShrinkThenSplitWithFailedNode() throws Exception {
             .build()).setResizeType(ResizeType.SHRINK).get());
         ensureGreen();
 
+        final int nodeCount = cluster().size();
         internalCluster().stopRandomNode(InternalTestCluster.nameFilter(shrinkNode));
+        ensureStableCluster(nodeCount - 1);
 
         // demonstrate that the index.routing.allocation.initial_recovery setting from the shrink doesn't carry over into the split index,
         // because this would cause the shrink to fail as the initial_recovery node is no longer present.