diff --git a/rustfs/src/app/lifecycle_transition_api_test.rs b/rustfs/src/app/lifecycle_transition_api_test.rs
index 651d509d6..7c6e9b7e8 100644
--- a/rustfs/src/app/lifecycle_transition_api_test.rs
+++ b/rustfs/src/app/lifecycle_transition_api_test.rs
@@ -1541,7 +1541,11 @@ async fn restore_object_usecase_reports_ongoing_conflict_and_completion() {
     let backend = register_mock_tier(&tier_name).await;
 
     let bucket = format!("test-api-restore-{}", &Uuid::new_v4().simple().to_string()[..8]);
-    let object = "restore/api-object.bin";
+    // Must live under the `test/` prefix: `set_bucket_lifecycle_transition_with_tier`
+    // scopes the transition rule to `<Filter><Prefix>test/</Prefix>`, so an object
+    // outside it never matches, is never enqueued, and never transitions — the
+    // setup `wait_for_transition` would then time out before the restore assertions.
+    let object = "test/restore/api-object.bin";
     let payload: Vec<u8> = (0..128 * 1024).map(|i| (i % 251) as u8).collect();
 
     create_test_bucket(&ecstore, bucket.as_str()).await;