diff --git a/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts b/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts
index 1761c44813430..deb91f6b9b1ef 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/accessibility/apps/ml_embeddables_in_dashboard.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           await PageObjects.dashboard.clickCreateDashboardPrompt();
           await ml.dashboardEmbeddables.assertDashboardIsEmpty();
           await dashboardAddPanel.clickOpenAddPanel();
+          await dashboardAddPanel.ensureAddPanelIsShowing();
           await dashboardAddPanel.clickAddNewEmbeddableLink('ml_anomaly_charts');
           await ml.dashboardJobSelectionTable.assertJobSelectionTableExists();
           await a11y.testAppSnapshot();
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts
index 1619765946916..f7bfd7f7a4c62 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/embeddables/anomaly_charts_dashboard_embeddables.ts
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }: FtrProviderContext) {
           await PageObjects.dashboard.clickCreateDashboardPrompt();
           await ml.dashboardEmbeddables.assertDashboardIsEmpty();
           await dashboardAddPanel.clickOpenAddPanel();
+          await dashboardAddPanel.ensureAddPanelIsShowing();
           await dashboardAddPanel.clickAddNewEmbeddableLink('ml_anomaly_charts');
           await ml.dashboardJobSelectionTable.assertJobSelectionTableExists();
         });