diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/010_logical_decoding_timelines.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/010_logical_decoding_timelines.pl
index 1f3d4f72f74..7114aa7d967 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/010_logical_decoding_timelines.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/010_logical_decoding_timelines.pl
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ cmp_ok(
 	'xmin on physical slot must not be lower than catalog_xmin');
 
 $node_master->safe_psql('postgres', 'CHECKPOINT');
+$node_master->wait_for_catchup($node_replica, 'write');
 
 # Boom, crash
 $node_master->stop('immediate');