diff --git a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java
index 25d9ffc614..2e98e0cd10 100644
--- a/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java
+++ b/gerrit-acceptance-tests/src/test/java/com/google/gerrit/acceptance/api/accounts/AccountIT.java
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ import com.google.common.io.BaseEncoding;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AbstractDaemonTest;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.AccountCreator;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.PushOneCommit;
+import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.Sandboxed;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.TestAccount;
 import com.google.gerrit.acceptance.UseSsh;
 import com.google.gerrit.common.data.Permission;
@@ -535,6 +536,7 @@ public class AccountIT extends AbstractDaemonTest {
   }
 
   @Test
+  @Sandboxed
   public void fetchUserBranch() throws Exception {
     // change something in the user preferences to ensure that the user branch
     // is created