diff --git a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/audit/ITestAuditManagerDisabled.java b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/audit/ITestAuditManagerDisabled.java
index 033d793a6c..68aaef51d6 100644
--- a/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/audit/ITestAuditManagerDisabled.java
+++ b/hadoop-tools/hadoop-aws/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/fs/s3a/audit/ITestAuditManagerDisabled.java
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@
 
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.audit.AuditTestSupport.NOOP_SPAN;
 import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.audit.AuditTestSupport.resetAuditOptions;
+import static org.apache.hadoop.fs.s3a.audit.S3AAuditConstants.AUDIT_ENABLED;
 
 /**
- * Verify that by default audit managers are disabled.
+ * Verify that audit managers are disabled if set to false.
  */
 public class ITestAuditManagerDisabled extends AbstractS3ACostTest {
 
@@ -42,11 +43,12 @@ public ITestAuditManagerDisabled() {
   public Configuration createConfiguration() {
     Configuration conf = super.createConfiguration();
     resetAuditOptions(conf);
+    conf.setBoolean(AUDIT_ENABLED, false);
     return conf;
   }
 
   /**
-   * The default auditor is the no-op auditor.
+   * Verify that the auditor is the no-op auditor if auditing is disabled.
    */
   @Test
   public void testAuditorDisabled() {