diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java
index 297e45cd3caaa..711c9687144ca 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/ml/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/ml/integration/MlDistributedFailureIT.java
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ public void testFullClusterRestart() throws Exception {
         });
     }
 
+    @AwaitsFix(bugUrl = "https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/43670")
     public void testCloseUnassignedJobAndDatafeed() throws Exception {
         internalCluster().ensureAtMostNumDataNodes(0);
         logger.info("Starting dedicated master node...");