diff --git a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ConditionRefreshDeferralWireTests.cs b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ConditionRefreshDeferralWireTests.cs
index 29886a6bd..18cc6d003 100644
--- a/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ConditionRefreshDeferralWireTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Server/ZB.MOM.WW.OtOpcUa.OpcUaServer.IntegrationTests/ConditionRefreshDeferralWireTests.cs
@@ -451,7 +451,11 @@ public sealed class ConditionRefreshDeferralWireTests
         }, stop.Token, TaskCreationOptions.LongRunning, TaskScheduler.Default);
 
         var refusedAsInProgress = 0;
-        for (var r = 0; r < 40; r++)
+        // At least 40 refreshes, and keep going until the staller has actually caught deferral twice: under a loaded
+        // machine 40 refreshes can finish before any stall overlaps a report (the precondition below then failed on a
+        // run that tested nothing). The precondition is a presence wait, bounded by a generous ceiling.
+        var stressDeadline = DateTime.UtcNow + TimeSpan.FromSeconds(90);
+        for (var r = 0; r < 40 || (Volatile.Read(ref deferredSeen) <= 1 && DateTime.UtcNow < stressDeadline); r++)
         {
             var call = r % 3 == 2
                 ? serverSession.CallAsync(ObjectTypeIds.ConditionType, MethodIds.ConditionType_ConditionRefresh2, ct,