diff --git a/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go b/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
index d17bd7d0e4..d76ef185c0 100644
--- a/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
+++ b/swarm/storage/ldbstore_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/chunk"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/storage/mock/mem"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/swarm/testutil"
 	ldberrors "github.com/syndtr/goleveldb/leveldb/errors"
 )
 
@@ -598,6 +599,10 @@ func TestLDBStoreCollectGarbageAccessUnlikeIndex(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestCleanIndex(t *testing.T) {
+	if testutil.RaceEnabled {
+		t.Skip("disabled because it times out with race detector")
+	}
+
 	capacity := 5000
 	n := 3