diff --git a/modules/ingest-geoip/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderIT.java b/modules/ingest-geoip/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderIT.java
index 5d02fde827160..63c14ac4df96b 100644
--- a/modules/ingest-geoip/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderIT.java
+++ b/modules/ingest-geoip/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/elasticsearch/ingest/geoip/GeoIpDownloaderIT.java
@@ -311,8 +311,9 @@ public void testGeoIpDatabasesDownloadNoGeoipProcessors() throws Exception {
             .get();
         assertTrue(settingsResponse.isAcknowledged());
         assertBusy(() -> {
-            assertNotNull(getTask());
-            assertNull(getTask().getState());
+            PersistentTasksCustomMetadata.PersistentTask<PersistentTaskParams> task = getTask();
+            assertNotNull(task);
+            assertNull(task.getState());
             putGeoIpPipeline(); // This is to work around the race condition described in #92888
         });
         putNonGeoipPipeline(pipelineId);