diff --git a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
index 0e2dd5cc..6f657873 100644
--- a/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/local_object_storage/pilorama/forest_test.go
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ func testForestTreeParallelApply(t *testing.T, constructor func(t testing.TB, _
 	cid := cidtest.ID()
 	treeID := "version"
 
-	expected := constructor(t)
+	expected := constructor(t, WithNoSync(true))
 	for i := range ops {
 		require.NoError(t, expected.TreeApply(context.Background(), cid, treeID, &ops[i], false))
 	}
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ func testForestTreeParallelApply(t *testing.T, constructor func(t testing.TB, _
 		// Shuffle random operations, leave initialization in place.
 		r.Shuffle(len(ops), func(i, j int) { ops[i], ops[j] = ops[j], ops[i] })
 
-		actual := constructor(t, WithMaxBatchSize(batchSize))
+		actual := constructor(t, WithMaxBatchSize(batchSize), WithNoSync(true))
 		wg := new(sync.WaitGroup)
 		ch := make(chan *Move)
 		for i := 0; i < batchSize; i++ {
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ func testForestTreeApplyRandom(t *testing.T, constructor func(t testing.TB, _ ..
 	cid := cidtest.ID()
 	treeID := "version"
 
-	expected := constructor(t)
+	expected := constructor(t, WithNoSync(true))
 	for i := range ops {
 		require.NoError(t, expected.TreeApply(context.Background(), cid, treeID, &ops[i], false))
 	}
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ func testForestTreeApplyRandom(t *testing.T, constructor func(t testing.TB, _ ..
 		// Shuffle random operations, leave initialization in place.
 		r.Shuffle(len(ops), func(i, j int) { ops[i], ops[j] = ops[j], ops[i] })
 
-		actual := constructor(t)
+		actual := constructor(t, WithNoSync(true))
 		for i := range ops {
 			require.NoError(t, actual.TreeApply(context.Background(), cid, treeID, &ops[i], false))
 		}