diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/action/filter/ShardBulkInferenceActionFilterIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/action/filter/ShardBulkInferenceActionFilterIT.java
index 3b0fc869c8124..24248f832a8dd 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/action/filter/ShardBulkInferenceActionFilterIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/action/filter/ShardBulkInferenceActionFilterIT.java
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ public void testBulkOperations() throws Exception {
         SearchSourceBuilder sourceBuilder = new SearchSourceBuilder().size(0).trackTotalHits(true);
         SearchResponse searchResponse = client().search(new SearchRequest(INDEX_NAME).source(sourceBuilder)).get();
         try {
-            assertThat(searchResponse.getHits().getTotalHits().value(), equalTo((long) ids.size()));
+            assertThat(searchResponse.getHits().getTotalHits().value, equalTo((long) ids.size()));
         } finally {
             searchResponse.decRef();
         }