diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaCreateInsertQuery.sim b/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaCreateInsertQuery.sim
index 04cf09715c..508e6f88c1 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaCreateInsertQuery.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaCreateInsertQuery.sim
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ endi
 
 #===================================================================
 
-
 #==================== reboot to trigger commit data to file
+sql flush database d0;
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s start
 
diff --git a/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaPersistenceRecovery.sim b/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaPersistenceRecovery.sim
index faff48b61c..4117a2403d 100644
--- a/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaPersistenceRecovery.sim
+++ b/tests/script/tsim/sma/rsmaPersistenceRecovery.sim
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ endi
 
 
 #==================== reboot to trigger commit data to file
+sql flush database d0;
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s stop -x SIGINT
 system sh/exec.sh -n dnode1 -s start