diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestReconstructStripedBlocks.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestReconstructStripedBlocks.java
index 50f1e9ec054fb..09ada38d5f156 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestReconstructStripedBlocks.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/TestReconstructStripedBlocks.java
@@ -629,9 +629,9 @@ public void testDeleteOverReplicatedStripedBlock() throws Exception {
         DataNodeTestUtils.triggerBlockReport(dn);
       }
       BlockManager bm = cluster.getNamesystem().getBlockManager();
-      GenericTestUtils.waitFor(()
-                      -> bm.getPendingDeletionBlocksCount() == 0,
-              10, 2000);
+      Thread.sleep(3000);
+      GenericTestUtils.waitFor(() ->
+          bm.getPendingDeletionBlocksCount() == 0, 10, 2000);
       for (DataNode dn : cluster.getDataNodes()) {
         DataNodeTestUtils.triggerHeartbeat(dn);
       }