diff --git a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
index b0027fc38f4b5..01394a7abbcd5 100644
--- a/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
+++ b/server/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/cluster/metadata/MetadataCreateIndexServiceTests.java
@@ -1421,6 +1421,6 @@ private List<String> validateShrinkIndex(ClusterState state, String sourceIndex,
     }
 
     private void validateSplitIndex(ClusterState state, String sourceIndex, String targetIndexName, Settings targetIndexSettings) {
-        MetadataCreateIndexService.validateSplitIndex(state.metadata(), state.blocks(), "target", "source", targetIndexSettings);
+        MetadataCreateIndexService.validateSplitIndex(state.metadata(), state.blocks(), sourceIndex, targetIndexName, targetIndexSettings);
     }
 }