diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDirectStoreSplitsMerges.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDirectStoreSplitsMerges.java
index 16cdebb8069b..bd24f1b22293 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDirectStoreSplitsMerges.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/regionserver/TestDirectStoreSplitsMerges.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.hbase.regionserver;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.RegionInfoBuilder;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Table;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.master.assignment.SplitTableRegionProcedure;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.procedure2.Procedure;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.LargeTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.testclassification.RegionServerTests;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.util.Bytes;
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ public void testMergeStoreFile() throws Exception {
     TEST_UTIL.createTable(table, FAMILY_NAME);
     //splitting the table first
     TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().split(table, Bytes.toBytes("002"));
+    waitForSplitProcComplete(1000, 10);
     //Add data and flush to create files in the two different regions
     putThreeRowsAndFlush(table);
     List<HRegion> regions = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(table);
@@ -176,6 +180,7 @@ public void testCommitMergedRegion() throws Exception {
     TEST_UTIL.createTable(table, FAMILY_NAME);
     //splitting the table first
     TEST_UTIL.getAdmin().split(table, Bytes.toBytes("002"));
+    waitForSplitProcComplete(1000, 10);
     //Add data and flush to create files in the two different regions
     putThreeRowsAndFlush(table);
     List<HRegion> regions = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getRegions(table);
@@ -202,6 +207,22 @@ public void testCommitMergedRegion() throws Exception {
     mergeRegionFs.commitMergedRegion();
   }
 
+  private void waitForSplitProcComplete(int attempts, int waitTime) throws Exception {
+    List<Procedure<?>> procedures = TEST_UTIL.getHBaseCluster().getMaster().getProcedures();
+    if(procedures.size()>0) {
+      Procedure splitProc = procedures.stream().
+        filter(p -> p instanceof SplitTableRegionProcedure).findFirst().get();
+      int count = 0;
+      while ((splitProc.isWaiting() || splitProc.isRunnable()) && count < attempts) {
+        synchronized (splitProc) {
+          splitProc.wait(waitTime);
+        }
+        count++;
+      }
+      assertTrue(splitProc.isSuccess());
+    }
+  }
+
   private void mergeFileFromRegion(HRegionFileSystem regionFS, HRegion regionToMerge,
       HStoreFile file) throws IOException {
     Path mergedFile = regionFS.mergeStoreFile(regionToMerge.getRegionInfo(),