diff --git a/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js b/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js
index 07f06e2292..b2c95b5efa 100644
--- a/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js
+++ b/js/server/tests/resilience/resilience-synchronous-repl-cluster.js
@@ -328,6 +328,8 @@ function SynchronousReplicationSuite () {
           return;
         }
         console.info("Need to recreate collection to avoid system collection servers.");
+        waitForSynchronousReplication("_system");
+        console.info("Synchronous replication has settled, now dropping again.");
       }
     },