diff --git a/vfs/vfscache/cache_test.go b/vfs/vfscache/cache_test.go
index 5b7e86a85..8a728b9db 100644
--- a/vfs/vfscache/cache_test.go
+++ b/vfs/vfscache/cache_test.go
@@ -565,9 +565,14 @@ func TestCacheCleaner(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, fmt.Sprintf("%p", potato), fmt.Sprintf("%p", potato2))
 	assert.True(t, found)
 
-	time.Sleep(10 * opt.CachePollInterval)
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		time.Sleep(10 * opt.CachePollInterval)
+		potato2, found = c.get("potato")
+		if !found {
+			break
+		}
+	}
 
-	potato2, found = c.get("potato")
 	assert.NotEqual(t, fmt.Sprintf("%p", potato), fmt.Sprintf("%p", potato2))
 	assert.False(t, found)
 }