diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/CorruptedFileIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/CorruptedFileIT.java
index 31eb0bdd00f30..d9a21acbd4175 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/CorruptedFileIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/index/store/CorruptedFileIT.java
@@ -15,15 +15,18 @@
 import org.apache.lucene.store.Directory;
 import org.apache.lucene.store.FSDirectory;
 import org.apache.lucene.util.BytesRef;
+import org.elasticsearch.ElasticsearchException;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.health.ClusterHealthResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.node.stats.NodesStatsResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.snapshots.create.CreateSnapshotResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.cluster.state.ClusterStateRequest;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.admin.indices.shards.IndicesShardStoresResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.index.IndexRequestBuilder;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.PlainActionFuture;
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.nodes.BaseNodeResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.client.internal.Requests;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterState;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.ClusterStateObserver;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.health.ClusterHealthStatus;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.metadata.IndexMetadata;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.node.DiscoveryNode;
@@ -33,7 +36,9 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.decider.EnableAllocationDecider;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.decider.MaxRetryAllocationDecider;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.allocation.decider.ThrottlingAllocationDecider;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.ClusterService;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.BytesArray;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.bytes.ReleasableBytesReference;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.BytesStreamOutput;
@@ -41,6 +46,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.common.settings.Settings;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeUnit;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.unit.ByteSizeValue;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.ThreadContext;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.Nullable;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.PathUtils;
 import org.elasticsearch.core.TimeValue;
@@ -451,6 +457,40 @@ public void testCorruptionOnNetworkLayer() throws InterruptedException {
             connection.sendRequest(requestId, action, request, options);
         });
 
+        final var allocationGivenUpFuture = new PlainActionFuture<Void>();
+        final var maxRetries = MaxRetryAllocationDecider.SETTING_ALLOCATION_MAX_RETRY.get(Settings.EMPTY);
+        new ClusterStateObserver(
+            internalCluster().getCurrentMasterNodeInstance(ClusterService.class),
+            logger,
+            new ThreadContext(Settings.EMPTY)
+        ).waitForNextChange(new ClusterStateObserver.Listener() {
+            @Override
+            public void onNewClusterState(ClusterState state) {
+                allocationGivenUpFuture.onResponse(null);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onClusterServiceClose() {
+                allocationGivenUpFuture.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("closed"));
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void onTimeout(TimeValue timeout) {
+                allocationGivenUpFuture.onFailure(new ElasticsearchException("timed out"));
+            }
+        }, state -> {
+            final var indexRoutingTable = state.routingTable().index("test");
+            for (int shardId = 0; shardId < indexRoutingTable.size(); shardId++) {
+                final var replicaShards = indexRoutingTable.shard(shardId).replicaShards();
+                if (replicaShards.isEmpty()
+                    || replicaShards.stream()
+                        .anyMatch(sr -> sr.unassigned() == false || sr.unassignedInfo().getNumFailedAllocations() < maxRetries)) {
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            return true;
+        }, TimeValue.timeValueSeconds(30));
+
         // can not allocate on unluckyNode
         client().admin()
             .indices()
@@ -461,10 +501,10 @@ public void testCorruptionOnNetworkLayer() throws InterruptedException {
                     .put("index.routing.allocation.include._name", primariesNode.getName() + "," + unluckyNode.getName())
             )
             .get();
-        ensureYellowAndNoInitializingShards("test");
+        allocationGivenUpFuture.actionGet();
         assertThatAllShards("test", shard -> {
             assertThat(shard.primaryShard().currentNodeId(), equalTo(primariesNode.getId()));
-            assertThat(shard.replicaShards().get(0).state(), not(equalTo(ShardRoutingState.STARTED)));
+            assertThat(shard.replicaShards().get(0).state(), equalTo(ShardRoutingState.UNASSIGNED));
         });
 
         // can allocate on any other data node