diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferenceCrudIT.java b/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferenceCrudIT.java
index b9a5202a25013..893d52435ec1c 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferenceCrudIT.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/inference/qa/inference-service-tests/src/javaRestTest/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/inference/InferenceCrudIT.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public void testSupportedStream() throws Exception {
         assertEquals(modelId, singleModel.get("inference_id"));
         assertEquals(TaskType.COMPLETION.toString(), singleModel.get("task_type"));
 
-        var input = IntStream.range(0, randomInt(10)).mapToObj(i -> randomAlphaOfLength(10)).toList();
+        var input = IntStream.range(1, randomInt(10)).mapToObj(i -> randomAlphaOfLength(10)).toList();
 
         try {
             var events = streamInferOnMockService(modelId, TaskType.COMPLETION, input);