diff --git a/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java b/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java
index ac7db532882f..9c5415f1d5ea 100644
--- a/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java
+++ b/qa/multi-cluster-search/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/search/CCSDuelIT.java
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ public class CCSDuelIT extends ESRestTestCase {
             assertNull(response.evaluate("aggregations"));
             assertNull(response.evaluate("suggest"));
             assertThat(response.evaluateArraySize("hits.hits"), greaterThan(0));
-            assertThat(response.evaluate("_shards.failed"), greaterThan(2));
+            assertThat(response.evaluate("_shards.failed"), greaterThanOrEqualTo(2));
         }, compareAsyncAndSyncResponses);
     }