diff --git a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/integTests/AsynchronousSearchStatsIT.java b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/integTests/AsynchronousSearchStatsIT.java
index e74152d..5abfda2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/integTests/AsynchronousSearchStatsIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/opensearch/search/asynchronous/integTests/AsynchronousSearchStatsIT.java
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ public void testStatsAcrossNodes() throws InterruptedException, ExecutionExcepti
             AtomicLong actualNumFailures = new AtomicLong();
             AtomicLong actualNumPersisted = new AtomicLong();
 
+            waitForAsyncSearchTasksToComplete();
             AsynchronousSearchStatsResponse statsResponse = client().execute(AsynchronousSearchStatsAction.INSTANCE,
                     new AsynchronousSearchStatsRequest()).get();
-            waitForAsyncSearchTasksToComplete();
 
             for (AsynchronousSearchStats node : statsResponse.getNodes()) {
                 AsynchronousSearchCountStats asCountStats = node.getAsynchronousSearchCountStats();