diff --git a/integration/alertmanager_test.go b/integration/alertmanager_test.go
index f175c16d1cf..16b259ea7b2 100644
--- a/integration/alertmanager_test.go
+++ b/integration/alertmanager_test.go
@@ -927,12 +927,13 @@ func TestAlertmanagerShardingScaling(t *testing.T) {
 					e2e.Equals(float64(numUsers*expectedReplication)),
 					"cortex_alertmanager_config_last_reload_successful"))
 
+				// we stopped exporting zero silences
+				// https://github.com/grafana/mimir/pull/9359
 				if expectedSilences > 0 {
-					expectedSilences *= expectedReplication
+					require.NoError(t, ams.WaitSumMetrics(
+						e2e.Equals(float64(expectedSilences*expectedReplication)),
+						"cortex_alertmanager_silences"))
 				}
-				require.NoError(t, ams.WaitSumMetrics(
-					e2e.Equals(float64(expectedSilences)),
-					"cortex_alertmanager_silences"))
 			}
 
 			// Start up the first instance and use it to create some silences.