diff --git a/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl b/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl
index 879e493b5b8..2cc57070eba 100644
--- a/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl
+++ b/src/test/recovery/t/009_twophase.pl
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ $cur_primary->psql(
 	SAVEPOINT s1;
 	INSERT INTO t_009_tbl VALUES (22, 'issued to ${cur_primary_name}');
 	PREPARE TRANSACTION 'xact_009_10';");
+$cur_primary->wait_for_replay_catchup($cur_standby);
 $cur_primary->teardown_node;
 $cur_standby->promote;
 
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ $cur_primary->psql(
 	SAVEPOINT s1;
 	INSERT INTO t_009_tbl VALUES (24, 'issued to ${cur_primary_name}');
 	PREPARE TRANSACTION 'xact_009_11';");
+$cur_primary->wait_for_replay_catchup($cur_standby);
 $cur_primary->stop;
 $cur_standby->restart;
 $cur_standby->promote;
@@ -289,6 +291,7 @@ $cur_primary->psql(
 	INSERT INTO t_009_tbl VALUES (26, 'issued to ${cur_primary_name}');
 	PREPARE TRANSACTION 'xact_009_12';
 	");
+$cur_primary->wait_for_replay_catchup($cur_standby);
 $cur_primary->stop;
 $cur_standby->teardown_node;
 $cur_standby->start;