diff --git a/core/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/RemoteStorageManagerTest.java b/core/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/RemoteStorageManagerTest.java
index a6b042e4c..bb19ea982 100644
--- a/core/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/RemoteStorageManagerTest.java
+++ b/core/src/integration-test/java/io/aiven/kafka/tieredstorage/RemoteStorageManagerTest.java
@@ -493,16 +493,16 @@ void testTransformingIndexes(final boolean encryption) {
 
         final var segmentIndexBuilder = new SegmentIndexesV1Builder();
         final var bytes = "test".getBytes();
-        assertThat(rsm.transformIndex(
+        final var is = rsm.transformIndex(
             IndexType.OFFSET,
             new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes),
             bytes.length,
             encryptionMetadata,
             segmentIndexBuilder
-        )).isNotEmpty();
+        );
+        assertThat(is).isNotEmpty();
     }
 
-
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(booleans = {true, false})
     void testTransformingEmptyIndexes(final boolean encryption) {