diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/RetrySearchIntegTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/RetrySearchIntegTests.java
index c50fe50db8b40..c9a1a82b34118 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/RetrySearchIntegTests.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/RetrySearchIntegTests.java
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ public void testSearcherId() throws Exception {
         for (String allocatedNode : allocatedNodes) {
             if (randomBoolean()) {
                 internalCluster().restartNode(allocatedNode);
+                ensureGreen(indexName);
             }
         }
         ensureGreen(indexName);
@@ -151,6 +152,7 @@ public void testRetryPointInTime() throws Exception {
             final Set<String> allocatedNodes = internalCluster().nodesInclude(indexName);
             for (String allocatedNode : allocatedNodes) {
                 internalCluster().restartNode(allocatedNode);
+                ensureGreen(indexName);
             }
             ensureGreen(indexName);
             assertNoFailuresAndResponse(