diff --git a/modules/cache-common/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheStatsIT.java b/modules/cache-common/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheStatsIT.java
index c72fc0d529c03..050da6f7db421 100644
--- a/modules/cache-common/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheStatsIT.java
+++ b/modules/cache-common/src/internalClusterTest/java/org/opensearch/cache/common/tier/TieredSpilloverCacheStatsIT.java
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ public void testClosingShard() throws Exception {
 
         // Closing the index should close the shard
         assertAcked(client().admin().indices().delete(new DeleteIndexRequest("index")).get());
-        assertEquals(new ImmutableCacheStats(0, 0, 0, 0, 0), getTotalStats(client));
+        assertBusy(() -> assertEquals(new ImmutableCacheStats(0, 0, 0, 0, 0), getTotalStats(client)));
     }
 
     private void startIndex(Client client, String indexName) throws InterruptedException {