diff --git a/muted-tests.yml b/muted-tests.yml
index 35e010618f371..c90c6b60b128b 100644
--- a/muted-tests.yml
+++ b/muted-tests.yml
@@ -343,9 +343,6 @@ tests:
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121625
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.searchablesnapshots.hdfs.SecureHdfsSearchableSnapshotsIT
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121967
-- class: org.elasticsearch.action.search.SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests
-  method: testBottomFieldSort
-  issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121503
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.application.CohereServiceUpgradeIT
   issue: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/121537
 - class: org.elasticsearch.xpack.restart.FullClusterRestartIT
diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.java
index be693a2d7d294..227239481a55a 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/action/search/SearchQueryThenFetchAsyncActionTests.java
@@ -219,12 +219,8 @@ protected void run() {
             if (withScroll) {
                 assertFalse(canReturnNullResponse.get());
                 assertThat(numWithTopDocs.get(), equalTo(0));
-            } else {
-                if (withCollapse) {
-                    assertThat(numWithTopDocs.get(), equalTo(0));
-                } else {
-                    assertThat(numWithTopDocs.get(), greaterThanOrEqualTo(1));
-                }
+            } else if (withCollapse) {
+                assertThat(numWithTopDocs.get(), equalTo(0));
             }
             SearchPhaseController.ReducedQueryPhase phase = action.results.reduce();
             assertThat(phase.numReducePhases(), greaterThanOrEqualTo(1));