diff --git a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ChaosMonkeySafeLeaderTest.java b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ChaosMonkeySafeLeaderTest.java
index f646238c212..ef28807ca85 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ChaosMonkeySafeLeaderTest.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/test/org/apache/solr/cloud/ChaosMonkeySafeLeaderTest.java
@@ -160,6 +160,13 @@ public class ChaosMonkeySafeLeaderTest extends AbstractFullDistribZkTestBase {
 
     Thread.sleep(2000);
 
+    waitForThingsToLevelOut(180000);
+    
+    // even if things were leveled out, a jetty may have just been stopped or something
+    // we wait again and wait to level out again to make sure the system is not still in flux
+    
+    Thread.sleep(3000);
+
     waitForThingsToLevelOut(180000);
 
     checkShardConsistency(batchSize == 1, true);