diff --git a/dvc/testing/benchmarks/cli/commands/test_data_status.py b/dvc/testing/benchmarks/cli/commands/test_data_status.py
index d2c73561e..9e2f0f152 100644
--- a/dvc/testing/benchmarks/cli/commands/test_data_status.py
+++ b/dvc/testing/benchmarks/cli/commands/test_data_status.py
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ from shutil import rmtree
 def test_data_status(bench_dvc, tmp_dir, scm, dvc, make_dataset):
     args = ("data", "status")
     dataset = make_dataset(cache=True, files=True, dvcfile=True, commit=False)
+    scm.ignore(dataset)
     rmtree(dvc.tmp_dir)
 
     bench_dvc(*args, name="new")
     bench_dvc(*args, name="noop")
 
-    tmp_dir.scm_add(dataset.with_suffix(".dvc").name, commit="add dataset")
+    tmp_dir.scm_add(
+        [dataset.with_suffix(".dvc").name, ".gitignore"], commit="add dataset"
+    )
 
     (dataset / "new").write_text("new")
     bench_dvc(*args, name="changed")
@@ -26,12 +29,15 @@ def test_data_status_all_flags(bench_dvc, tmp_dir, scm, dvc, make_dataset):
         "--json",
     )
     dataset = make_dataset(cache=True, files=True, dvcfile=True, commit=False)
+    scm.ignore(dataset)
     rmtree(dvc.tmp_dir)
 
     bench_dvc(*args, name="new")
     bench_dvc(*args, name="noop")
 
-    tmp_dir.scm_add(dataset.with_suffix(".dvc").name, commit="add dataset")
+    tmp_dir.scm_add(
+        [dataset.with_suffix(".dvc").name, ".gitignore"], commit="add dataset"
+    )
 
     (dataset / "new").write_text("new")
     bench_dvc(*args, name="changed")