diff --git a/tests/system-test/8-stream/checkpoint_info2.py b/tests/system-test/8-stream/checkpoint_info2.py
index 3dc57477f7..0f18b04feb 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/8-stream/checkpoint_info2.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/8-stream/checkpoint_info2.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #  expressly provided by the written permission from Jianhui Tao
 #
 ###################################################################
+import time
 
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 
@@ -88,6 +89,17 @@ class TDTestCase:
         return True
 
     def restart_stream(self):
+        st = time.time()
+        while True:
+            sql = 'select status from information_schema.ins_stream_tasks where status<>"ready" '
+            if len(tdSql.getResult(sql)) != 0:
+                time.sleep(1)
+                tdLog.info("wait for task to be ready, 1s")
+            else:
+                et = time.time()
+                tdLog.info(f"wait for tasks to be ready: {et-st}s")
+                break
+
         tdLog.debug("========restart stream========")
         for i in range(5):
             tdSql.execute("pause stream s1")