1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/jstests/noPassthroughWithMongod/sharding_balance1.js b/jstests/noPassthroughWithMongod/sharding_balance1.js
index 761dbf0f5a3..32bb8ba508e 100644
--- a/jstests/noPassthroughWithMongod/sharding_balance1.js
+++ b/jstests/noPassthroughWithMongod/sharding_balance1.js
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@ while ( bigString.length < 10000 )
 
 inserted = 0;
 num = 0;
+var bulk = db.foo.initializeUnorderedBulkOp();
 while ( inserted < ( 20 * 1024 * 1024 ) ){
-    db.foo.insert( { _id : num++ , s : bigString } );
+    bulk.insert({ _id: num++, s: bigString });
     inserted += bigString.length;
 }
+assert.writeOK(bulk.execute());
 
-db.getLastError();
 s.adminCommand( { shardcollection : "test.foo" , key : { _id : 1 } } );
 assert.lt( 20 , s.config.chunks.count()  , "setup2" );