diff --git a/tests/dhcp_relay/dhcp_relay_utils.py b/tests/dhcp_relay/dhcp_relay_utils.py
index c5fe89368fe..37544150cc0 100644
--- a/tests/dhcp_relay/dhcp_relay_utils.py
+++ b/tests/dhcp_relay/dhcp_relay_utils.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def restart_dhcp_service(duthost):
     def _is_dhcp_relay_ready():
         output = duthost.shell('docker exec dhcp_relay supervisorctl status | grep dhcp | awk \'{print $2}\'',
                                module_ignore_errors=True)
-        return (not output['rc'] and output['stderr'] == '' and
+        return (not output['rc'] and output['stderr'] == '' and len(output['stdout_lines']) != 0 and
                 all(element == 'RUNNING' for element in output['stdout_lines']))
 
-    pytest_assert(wait_until(60, 1, 0, _is_dhcp_relay_ready), "dhcp_relay is not ready after restarting")
+    pytest_assert(wait_until(60, 1, 10, _is_dhcp_relay_ready), "dhcp_relay is not ready after restarting")