diff --git a/src/mongo/db/s/create_collection_coordinator.cpp b/src/mongo/db/s/create_collection_coordinator.cpp
index 9daff7b07a5..ce409746efe 100644
--- a/src/mongo/db/s/create_collection_coordinator.cpp
+++ b/src/mongo/db/s/create_collection_coordinator.cpp
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 
 #define MONGO_LOGV2_DEFAULT_COMPONENT ::mongo::logv2::LogComponent::kSharding
 MONGO_FAIL_POINT_DEFINE(failAtCommitCreateCollectionCoordinator);
-
+MONGO_FAIL_POINT_DEFINE(waitBeforeCreateIndex);
 
 namespace mongo {
 namespace {
@@ -744,6 +744,9 @@ void CreateCollectionCoordinator::_createCollectionAndIndexes(OperationContext*
 
     boost::optional<Collation> collation;
     std::tie(collation, _collationBSON) = getCollation(opCtx, nss(), _request.getCollation());
+    if (MONGO_unlikely(waitBeforeCreateIndex.shouldFail())) {
+        waitBeforeCreateIndex.pauseWhileSet();
+    }
 
     // We need to implicitly create a timeseries view and underlying bucket collection.
     if (_collectionEmpty && _request.getTimeseries()) {