diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/RecoveryZkTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/RecoveryZkTest.java
index 25d6eed0907..310a0a4cf60 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/RecoveryZkTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/RecoveryZkTest.java
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ public class RecoveryZkTest extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase {
     indexThread.join();
     indexThread2.join();
     
+    Thread.sleep(500);
+    waitForRecoveriesToFinish(DEFAULT_COLLECTION, zkStateReader, false, true);
+    
     commit();
 
     // test that leader and replica have same doc count