diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
index b560c5f..c4900de 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/pgm/ElasticReindexIT.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.UUID;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
 
 public class ElasticReindexIT extends AbstractReindexTests {
   private static ElasticContainer<?> container;
@@ -62,6 +63,12 @@
     ElasticTestUtils.createAllIndexes(injector);
   }
 
+  @Before
+  public void reindexFirstSinceElastic() throws Exception {
+    assertServerStartupFails();
+    runGerrit("reindex", "-d", sitePaths.site_path.toString(), "--show-stack-trace");
+  }
+
   @After
   public void stopElasticServer() {
     if (container != null) {