diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/IndicesRequestIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/IndicesRequestIT.java
index 36890bbd62dc3..70114fc85e539 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/IndicesRequestIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/action/IndicesRequestIT.java
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ protected Settings nodeSettings(int ordinal, Settings otherSettings) {
             // InternalClusterInfoService sends IndicesStatsRequest periodically which messes with this test
             // this setting disables it...
             .put("cluster.routing.allocation.disk.threshold_enabled", false)
+            .put("cluster.routing.allocation.write_load_decider.enabled", "disabled")
             .build();
     }