diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_online/zpool_online_001_pos.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_online/zpool_online_001_pos.ksh
index 2fe6797760..7ba301e2b5 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_online/zpool_online_001_pos.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/cli_root/zpool_online/zpool_online_001_pos.ksh
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@ if [[ -z $DISKLIST ]]; then
 fi
 
 typeset -i i=0
+typeset -i j=0
 
 for disk in $DISKLIST; do
 	i=0
 	while [[ $i -lt ${#args[*]} ]]; do
+
+		log_must sync_pool $TESTPOOL
 		log_must zpool offline $TESTPOOL $disk
 		check_state $TESTPOOL $disk "offline"
 		if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
@@ -87,6 +90,14 @@ for disk in $DISKLIST; do
 			log_fail "$disk of $TESTPOOL did not match online state"
 		fi
 
+		while [[ $j -lt 20 ]]; do
+			is_pool_resilvered $TESTPOOL && break
+			sleep 0.5
+			(( j = j + 1 ))
+		done
+		is_pool_resilvered $TESTPOOL || \
+		    log_file "Pool didn't resilver after online"
+
 		(( i = i + 1 ))
 	done
 done