diff --git a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestProcess.java b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestProcess.java
index dbbdbe9c67db2..e396fc3825831 100644
--- a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestProcess.java
+++ b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestProcess.java
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ public TestProcess(String name, boolean createCore) throws IOException {
             };
         ProcessBuilder pb = ProcessTools.createLimitedTestJavaProcessBuilder(args);
         process = ProcessTools.startProcess(name, pb);
+
+        // give the process a chance to awake (and to be seen from other threads)
+        takeLongNap();
     }
 
     public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
@@ -99,6 +102,14 @@ public Path getRepository() throws Exception {
         return StreamingUtils.getJfrRepository(process);
     }
 
+    private static void takeLongNap() {
+        try {
+            Thread.sleep(1000);
+        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+    }
+
     private static void takeNap() {
         try {
             Thread.sleep(10);