diff --git a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/clustermanager/ClusterManagerTaskThrottlingIT.java b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/clustermanager/ClusterManagerTaskThrottlingIT.java
index 2f3f0539602dd..328bc14883208 100644
--- a/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/clustermanager/ClusterManagerTaskThrottlingIT.java
+++ b/server/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/clustermanager/ClusterManagerTaskThrottlingIT.java
@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ public void onResponse(Object o) {
 
                 @Override
                 public void onFailure(Exception e) {
+                    timedoutRequest.incrementAndGet();
                     latch.countDown();
                     assertTrue(e instanceof ProcessClusterEventTimeoutException);
-                    timedoutRequest.incrementAndGet();
                 }
             };
             executePutMappingRequests(totalRequest, node, listener);