diff --git a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/index/internal/CassandraIndexTest.java b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/index/internal/CassandraIndexTest.java
index 3b3ca94794..39ee219c96 100644
--- a/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/index/internal/CassandraIndexTest.java
+++ b/test/unit/org/apache/cassandra/index/internal/CassandraIndexTest.java
@@ -24,14 +24,25 @@ import java.util.stream.Stream;
 import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Joiner;
-import com.google.common.collect.*;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.Iterators;
+import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
+import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.apache.cassandra.Util;
 import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.CQLTester;
 import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.UntypedResultSet;
 import org.apache.cassandra.cql3.restrictions.StatementRestrictions;
-import org.apache.cassandra.db.*;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.ColumnFamilyStore;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.DecoratedKey;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.ReadExecutionController;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.SinglePartitionReadCommand;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.Slice;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.Slices;
+import org.apache.cassandra.db.SystemKeyspace;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.filter.ClusteringIndexFilter;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.filter.ClusteringIndexSliceFilter;
 import org.apache.cassandra.db.filter.ColumnFilter;
@@ -42,10 +53,10 @@ import org.apache.cassandra.exceptions.InvalidRequestException;
 import org.apache.cassandra.schema.ColumnMetadata;
 import org.apache.cassandra.schema.SchemaConstants;
 import org.apache.cassandra.schema.TableMetadata;
+import org.apache.cassandra.service.StorageService;
 import org.apache.cassandra.service.accord.AccordKeyspace;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.ByteBufferUtil;
 import org.apache.cassandra.utils.FBUtilities;
-import org.awaitility.Awaitility;
 
 import static org.apache.cassandra.Util.throwAssert;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
@@ -59,6 +70,12 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
  */
 public class CassandraIndexTest extends CQLTester
 {
+    @BeforeClass
+    public static void setup()
+    {
+        StorageService.instance.unsafeSetInitialized();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void indexOnRegularColumn() throws Throwable
     {