diff --git a/internal/gitaly/service/smarthttp/receive_pack_test.go b/internal/gitaly/service/smarthttp/receive_pack_test.go
index 940605bbea7657dbe0e4f4513f47fae18d69f7dc..a4b03b798dd1d2c615049a33e699a88bfcfa860c 100644
--- a/internal/gitaly/service/smarthttp/receive_pack_test.go
+++ b/internal/gitaly/service/smarthttp/receive_pack_test.go
@@ -586,9 +586,10 @@ func testPostReceiveWithReferenceTransactionHook(t *testing.T, ctx context.Conte
 	go gitalyServer.Serve(internalListener)
 	defer gitalyServer.Stop()
 
+	backchannelVotingEnabled := featureflag.IsEnabled(ctx, featureflag.BackchannelVoting)
 	client := newMuxedSmartHTTPClient(t, ctx, "unix://"+gitalySocketPath, cfg.Auth.Token, func() backchannel.Server {
 		srv := grpc.NewServer()
-		if featureflag.IsEnabled(ctx, featureflag.BackchannelVoting) {
+		if backchannelVotingEnabled {
 			gitalypb.RegisterRefTransactionServer(srv, refTransactionServer)
 		}