diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
index 5a0ae7fbc466f..ed1f5a9b06dc1 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/opensearch/index/shard/SegmentReplicationIndexShardTests.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public void testReplicationCheckpointNotNullForSegRep() throws IOException {
     }
 
     public void testIsSegmentReplicationAllowed_WrongEngineType() throws IOException {
-        final IndexShard indexShard = newStartedShard(false, settings, new InternalEngineFactory());
+        final IndexShard indexShard = newShard(false, settings, new InternalEngineFactory());
         assertFalse(indexShard.isSegmentReplicationAllowed());
         closeShards(indexShard);
     }