diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/TestVerifyBucketCacheFile.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/TestVerifyBucketCacheFile.java
index c6bc8da5f6b1..349f94ebeb44 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/TestVerifyBucketCacheFile.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/hfile/bucket/TestVerifyBucketCacheFile.java
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ public void testRetrieveFromFile() throws Exception {
         FileSystems.getDefault().getPath(testDir.toString(), "bucket.cache");
       assertTrue(Files.deleteIfExists(cacheFile));
       // can't restore cache from file
-      recoveredBucketCache = new BucketCache("file:" + testDir + "/bucket.cache", capacitySize,
-        constructedBlockSize, constructedBlockSizes, writeThreads, writerQLen,
-        testDir + "/bucket.persistence" + name.getMethodName());
-      assertTrue(recoveredBucketCache.waitForCacheInitialization(10000));
+      recoveredBucketCache =
+        new BucketCache("file:" + testDir + "/bucket.cache", capacitySize, constructedBlockSize,
+          constructedBlockSizes, writeThreads, writerQLen, testDir + "/bucket.persistence");
+      waitPersistentCacheValidation(conf, bucketCache);
       assertEquals(0, recoveredBucketCache.getAllocator().getUsedSize());
       assertEquals(0, recoveredBucketCache.backingMap.size());
       BlockCacheKey[] newKeys = CacheTestUtils.regenerateKeys(blocks, names);
@@ -512,6 +512,7 @@ private void cacheAndWaitUntilFlushedToBucket(BucketCache cache, BlockCacheKey c
   }
 
   private void waitPersistentCacheValidation(Configuration config, final BucketCache bucketCache) {
-    Waiter.waitFor(config, 5000, () -> bucketCache.getBackingMapValidated().get());
+    Waiter.waitFor(config, 5000,
+      () -> bucketCache.getBackingMapValidated().get() && bucketCache.isCacheEnabled());
   }
 }