diff --git a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/stats/ManagedCursorMetricsTest.java b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/stats/ManagedCursorMetricsTest.java
index fe63942fd133b..72435aa265e54 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/stats/ManagedCursorMetricsTest.java
+++ b/pulsar-broker/src/test/java/org/apache/pulsar/broker/stats/ManagedCursorMetricsTest.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 import lombok.Cleanup;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.LedgerHandle;
@@ -197,9 +198,19 @@ public void testManagedCursorMetrics() throws Exception {
         admin.topics().delete(topicName, true);
     }
 
+    private ManagedCursorMXBean getManagedCursorMXBean(String topicName, String subscriptionName)
+            throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException {
+        final PersistentSubscription persistentSubscription =
+                (PersistentSubscription) pulsar.getBrokerService()
+                        .getTopic(topicName, false).get().get().getSubscription(subscriptionName);
+        final ManagedCursorImpl managedCursor = (ManagedCursorImpl) persistentSubscription.getCursor();
+        return managedCursor.getStats();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void testCursorReadWriteMetrics() throws Exception {
-        final String subName = "read-write";
+        final String subName1 = "read-write-sub-1";
+        final String subName2 = "read-write-sub-2";
         final String topicName = "persistent://my-namespace/use/my-ns/read-write";
         final int messageSize = 10;
 
@@ -216,7 +227,7 @@ public void testCursorReadWriteMetrics() throws Exception {
                 .topic(topicName)
                 .subscriptionType(SubscriptionType.Shared)
                 .ackTimeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-                .subscriptionName(subName)
+                .subscriptionName(subName1)
                 .subscribe();
 
         @Cleanup
@@ -224,7 +235,7 @@ public void testCursorReadWriteMetrics() throws Exception {
                 .topic(topicName)
                 .subscriptionType(SubscriptionType.Shared)
                 .ackTimeout(1, TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-                .subscriptionName(subName + "-2")
+                .subscriptionName(subName2)
                 .subscribe();
 
         @Cleanup
@@ -241,6 +252,13 @@ public void testCursorReadWriteMetrics() throws Exception {
                 consumer2.acknowledge(consumer.receive().getMessageId());
             }
         }
+
+        // Wait for persistent cursor meta.
+        ManagedCursorMXBean cursorMXBean1 = getManagedCursorMXBean(topicName, subName1);
+        ManagedCursorMXBean cursorMXBean2 = getManagedCursorMXBean(topicName, subName2);
+        Awaitility.await().until(() -> cursorMXBean1.getWriteCursorLedgerLogicalSize() > 0);
+        Awaitility.await().until(() -> cursorMXBean2.getWriteCursorLedgerLogicalSize() > 0);
+
         metricsList = metrics.generate();
         Assert.assertEquals(metricsList.size(), 2);
         Assert.assertNotEquals(metricsList.get(0).getMetrics().get("brk_ml_cursor_writeLedgerSize"), 0L);