diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotemigration/RemoteMigrationIndexMetadataUpdateIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotemigration/RemoteMigrationIndexMetadataUpdateIT.java
index 2a88318286144..9626807886b6c 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotemigration/RemoteMigrationIndexMetadataUpdateIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/remotemigration/RemoteMigrationIndexMetadataUpdateIT.java
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ public void testRemotePathMetadataAddedWithFirstPrimaryMovingToRemote() throws E
      * make the cluster mixed, add remote cluster-manager and data nodes.
      * <p>
      * exclude docrep nodes, assert that remote index path file exists
-     * after all shards have been relocated to the remote nodes.
+     * when shards start relocating to the remote nodes.
      */
     public void testRemoteIndexPathFileExistsAfterMigration() throws Exception {
         String docrepClusterManager = internalCluster().startClusterManagerOnlyNode();
@@ -527,20 +527,17 @@ public void testRemoteIndexPathFileExistsAfterMigration() throws Exception {
 
         // validate remote index path file exists
         logger.info("---> Asserting remote index path file exists");
-        String fileName = String.join(RemoteIndexPathUploader.DELIMITER, indexUUID, "7", RemoteIndexPath.DEFAULT_VERSION);
-        FileSystemUtils.files(translogRepoPath);
-        assertTrue(FileSystemUtils.exists(translogRepoPath.resolve(RemoteIndexPath.DIR)));
+        String fileNamePrefix = String.join(RemoteIndexPathUploader.DELIMITER, indexUUID, "7", RemoteIndexPath.DEFAULT_VERSION);
 
+        assertTrue(FileSystemUtils.exists(translogRepoPath.resolve(RemoteIndexPath.DIR)));
         Path[] files = FileSystemUtils.files(translogRepoPath.resolve(RemoteIndexPath.DIR));
         assertEquals(1, files.length);
-        assertTrue(Arrays.stream(files).anyMatch(file -> file.toString().contains(fileName)));
-        String translogPathFile = files[0].toString();
+        assertTrue(Arrays.stream(files).anyMatch(file -> file.toString().contains(fileNamePrefix)));
+
         assertTrue(FileSystemUtils.exists(segmentRepoPath.resolve(RemoteIndexPath.DIR)));
         files = FileSystemUtils.files(segmentRepoPath.resolve(RemoteIndexPath.DIR));
         assertEquals(1, files.length);
-        assertTrue(Arrays.stream(files).anyMatch(file -> file.toString().contains(fileName)));
-        String segmentPathFile = files[0].toString();
-        assertNotEquals(translogPathFile, segmentPathFile);
+        assertTrue(Arrays.stream(files).anyMatch(file -> file.toString().contains(fileNamePrefix)));
     }
 
     private void createIndexAndAssertDocrepProperties(String index, Settings settings) {