diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/AbstractSplitBrainProtectionTest.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/AbstractSplitBrainProtectionTest.java
index 9dd1cc6c704a..f4e78844e5c7 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/AbstractSplitBrainProtectionTest.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/AbstractSplitBrainProtectionTest.java
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ protected static void initCluster(Config config, TestHazelcastInstanceFactory fa
             config.addSetConfig(newSetConfig(splitBrainProtectionOn, splitBrainProtectionName));
             config.addPNCounterConfig(newPNCounterConfig(splitBrainProtectionOn, splitBrainProtectionName));
         }
-        cluster.createFiveMemberCluster(config);
+        cluster.createFiveMemberCluster(config, splitBrainProtectionNames);
         for (SplitBrainProtectionOn splitBrainProtectionOn : types) {
             LOGGER.info("Queue size before data initialization for "
                     + splitBrainProtectionOn
diff --git a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/PartitionedCluster.java b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/PartitionedCluster.java
index 5ab3567ea463..ecbedc6e655c 100644
--- a/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/PartitionedCluster.java
+++ b/hazelcast/src/test/java/com/hazelcast/splitbrainprotection/PartitionedCluster.java
@@ -74,8 +74,12 @@ public HazelcastInstance getInstance(int index) {
         return instance[index];
     }
 
-    public void createFiveMemberCluster(Config config) {
+    public void createFiveMemberCluster(Config config, String[] splitBrainProtectionIds) {
         createInstances(config);
+        verifySplitBrainProtectionsPresentEventually(SUCCESSFUL_SPLIT_BRAIN_PROTECTION_TEST_NAME);
+        for (String splitBrainProtectionId : splitBrainProtectionIds) {
+            verifySplitBrainProtectionsPresentEventually(splitBrainProtectionId);
+        }
     }
 
     public void splitFiveMembersThreeAndTwo(String... splitBrainProtectionIds) {
@@ -133,6 +137,14 @@ private void splitCluster() {
         closeConnectionBetween(instance[4], instance[0]);
     }
 
+    private void verifySplitBrainProtectionsPresentEventually(String splitBrainProtectionId) {
+        assertSplitBrainProtectionIsPresentEventually(instance[0], splitBrainProtectionId);
+        assertSplitBrainProtectionIsPresentEventually(instance[1], splitBrainProtectionId);
+        assertSplitBrainProtectionIsPresentEventually(instance[2], splitBrainProtectionId);
+        assertSplitBrainProtectionIsPresentEventually(instance[3], splitBrainProtectionId);
+        assertSplitBrainProtectionIsPresentEventually(instance[4], splitBrainProtectionId);
+    }
+
     private void verifySplitBrainProtections(String splitBrainProtectionId) {
         assertSplitBrainProtectionIsPresentEventually(instance[0], splitBrainProtectionId);
         assertSplitBrainProtectionIsPresentEventually(instance[1], splitBrainProtectionId);