1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/mongo/dbtests/dbtests.cpp b/src/mongo/dbtests/dbtests.cpp
index 0ecc021f82d..67e1d45833e 100644
--- a/src/mongo/dbtests/dbtests.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/dbtests/dbtests.cpp
@@ -105,8 +105,8 @@ Status createIndexFromSpec(OperationContext* opCtx, StringData ns, const BSONObj
     Collection* coll;
     {
         WriteUnitOfWork wunit(opCtx);
-        coll =
-            CollectionCatalog::get(opCtx).lookupCollectionByNamespace(opCtx, NamespaceString(ns));
+        coll = CollectionCatalog::get(opCtx).lookupCollectionByNamespaceForMetadataWrite(
+            opCtx, NamespaceString(ns));
         if (!coll) {
             coll = autoDb.getDb()->createCollection(opCtx, NamespaceString(ns));
         }