diff --git a/test/t-lock-blocking.sh b/test/t-lock-blocking.sh
index e3ec63c2e..a486d5a90 100644
--- a/test/t-lock-blocking.sh
+++ b/test/t-lock-blocking.sh
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ flock -w 5 $TESTDIR/var/lock/lvm/P_orphans -c "sleep 10" &
 flock_pid=`jobs -p`
 vgremove --config 'global { wait_for_locks = 1 }' $vg
 not vgremove --config 'global { wait_for_locks = 1 }' $vg
+sleep .2 # leave some time for scheduler to exit flock process
 not ps $flock_pid # finished
 
 # if wait_for_locks not set, vgremove should fail on non-blocking lock