diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/MountSnapshotStep.java b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/MountSnapshotStep.java
index 7d1cd4fd5f369..d38747dbfa45a 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/MountSnapshotStep.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/core/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/core/ilm/MountSnapshotStep.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.Strings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
-import org.elasticsearch.index.IndexSettings;
 import org.elasticsearch.rest.RestStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.cluster.routing.allocation.DataTierAllocationDecider;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.DataTier;
@@ -104,8 +103,7 @@ void performDuringNoSnapshot(IndexMetadata indexMetadata, ClusterState currentCl
             indexName = snapshotIndexName;
         }
 
-        Settings.Builder settingsBuilder = Settings.builder();
-        settingsBuilder.put(IndexSettings.INDEX_CHECK_ON_STARTUP.getKey(), Boolean.FALSE.toString());
+        final Settings.Builder settingsBuilder = Settings.builder();
         // if we are mounting a searchable snapshot in the hot phase, then the index should be pinned to the hot nodes
         if (TimeseriesLifecycleType.HOT_PHASE.equals(this.getKey().getPhase())) {
             settingsBuilder.put(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_PREFER, DataTier.DATA_HOT);
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/FrozenSearchableSnapshotsIntegTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/FrozenSearchableSnapshotsIntegTests.java
index f0a6c563abe45..17daeef58952c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/FrozenSearchableSnapshotsIntegTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/FrozenSearchableSnapshotsIntegTests.java
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@
 
 public class FrozenSearchableSnapshotsIntegTests extends BaseFrozenSearchableSnapshotsIntegTestCase {
 
-    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/74282")
     public void testCreateAndRestorePartialSearchableSnapshot() throws Exception {
         final String fsRepoName = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
         final String indexName = randomAlphaOfLength(10).toLowerCase(Locale.ROOT);
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ public void testCreateAndRestorePartialSearchableSnapshot() throws Exception {
         assertThat(DataTierAllocationDecider.INDEX_ROUTING_PREFER_SETTING.get(settings), equalTo(expectedDataTiersPreference));
         assertTrue(SearchableSnapshotsConstants.SNAPSHOT_PARTIAL_SETTING.get(settings));
         assertTrue(DiskThresholdDecider.SETTING_IGNORE_DISK_WATERMARKS.get(settings));
-        assertThat(IndexSettings.INDEX_CHECK_ON_STARTUP.get(settings), equalTo("false"));
+        assertThat(IndexSettings.INDEX_CHECK_ON_STARTUP.get(settings), equalTo(indexCheckOnStartup));
 
         checkSoftDeletesNotEagerlyLoaded(restoredIndexName);
         assertTotalHits(restoredIndexName, originalAllHits, originalBarHits);