diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java
index 29786158bc73c..c429b587a1399 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotestore/RemoteStoreClusterStateRestoreIT.java
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ public void testFullClusterRestore() throws Exception {
      * 8. Add data nodes to recover index data
      * 9. Verify Metadata and index data is restored.
      */
-    public void testFullClusterStateRestore() throws Exception {
+    public void testFullClusterRestoreDoesntFailWithConflictingLocalState() throws Exception {
         int shardCount = randomIntBetween(1, 2);
         int replicaCount = 1;
         int dataNodeCount = shardCount * (replicaCount + 1);
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public Settings onNodeStopped(String nodeName) {
 
         // start data nodes to trigger index data recovery
         internalCluster().startDataOnlyNodes(dataNodeCount);
-        verifyRestoredData(indexStats, INDEX_NAME);
+        verifyRedIndicesAndTriggerRestore(indexStats, INDEX_NAME, true);
     }
 
     public void testFullClusterRestoreMultipleIndices() throws Exception {