diff --git a/pkg/network/usm/monitor_test.go b/pkg/network/usm/monitor_test.go
index 014511d786ad6b..b77c416b864010 100644
--- a/pkg/network/usm/monitor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/network/usm/monitor_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ func TestMonitorProtocolFail(t *testing.T) {
 			cfg.EnableGoTLSSupport = false
 			cfg.EnableHTTPMonitoring = true
 			cfg.EnableIstioMonitoring = false
+			cfg.EnableNativeTLSMonitoring = false
 
 			monitor, err := NewMonitor(cfg, nil)
 			skipIfNotSupported(t, err)