diff --git a/tests/unit/other.tcl b/tests/unit/other.tcl
index f4d540fcf1..258ef2f6e1 100644
--- a/tests/unit/other.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/other.tcl
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ start_server {tags {"other external:skip"}} {
         # Hash table should not rehash
         assert_no_match "*table size: 8192*" [r debug HTSTATS 9]
         exec kill -9 [get_child_pid 0]
-        after 200
+        waitForBgsave r
+        after 200 ;# waiting for serverCron
 
         # Hash table should rehash since there is no child process,
         # size is power of two and over 4098, so it is 8192