diff --git a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go
index 94c2b35519f..4f47846c0ea 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/job/job_controller_test.go
@@ -274,8 +274,8 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedPodPatches      int
 
 		// features
-		jobReadyPodsEnabled  bool
-		podIndexLabelEnabled bool
+		jobReadyPodsEnabled   bool
+		podIndexLabelDisabled bool
 	}{
 		"job start": {
 			parallelism:       2,
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedActive:     2,
 			expectedPodPatches: 2,
 		},
-		"indexed job with podIndexLabel feature enabled": {
+		"indexed job with podIndexLabel feature disabled": {
 			parallelism:            2,
 			completions:            5,
 			backoffLimit:           6,
@@ -790,14 +790,14 @@ func TestControllerSyncJob(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedCreations:      2,
 			expectedActive:         2,
 			expectedCreatedIndexes: sets.New(0, 1),
-			podIndexLabelEnabled:   true,
+			podIndexLabelDisabled:  true,
 		},
 	}
 
 	for name, tc := range testCases {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.JobReadyPods, tc.jobReadyPodsEnabled)()
-			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.PodIndexLabel, tc.podIndexLabelEnabled)()
+			defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, feature.DefaultFeatureGate, features.PodIndexLabel, !tc.podIndexLabelDisabled)()
 
 			// job manager setup
 			clientSet := clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(&restclient.Config{Host: "", ContentConfig: restclient.ContentConfig{GroupVersion: &schema.GroupVersion{Group: "", Version: "v1"}}})