diff --git a/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl b/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
index 7036df8e6..166114ae8 100644
--- a/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
+++ b/elasticsearch/templates/bin/_helm-tests.sh.tpl
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ function remove_test_index () {
   -XDELETE "${ELASTICSEARCH_ENDPOINT}/test_index"
 }
 
+remove_test_index || true
 create_test_index
 insert_data_into_test_index
 check_hits_on_test_data