diff --git a/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go b/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go
index 0a9ef75a9f..0e44816088 100644
--- a/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go
+++ b/pkg/fleetautoscalers/fleetautoscalers_test.go
@@ -590,9 +590,11 @@ func TestApplyWebhookPolicy(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestApplyWebhookPolicyWithMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
 	err := utilruntime.ParseFeatures(string(utilruntime.FeatureFleetAutoscaleRequestMetaData) + "=true")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
 
-	t.Parallel()
 	ts := testServer{}
 	server := httptest.NewServer(ts)
 	defer server.Close()