diff --git a/lib/test_cmr/load_data.rb b/lib/test_cmr/load_data.rb
index be1775de0..46fd53fbf 100644
--- a/lib/test_cmr/load_data.rb
+++ b/lib/test_cmr/load_data.rb
@@ -678,6 +678,8 @@ def reset_provider(provider_id)
         end
 
         guid = "prov-guid-#{Time.now.to_i}"
+        # Wait for the cascade delete to finish or else we may create races in CMR
+        wait_for_indexing
 
         # Recreate provider in Ingest
         resp = connection.post do |req|