SERVER-9694 fix for slow disk'd test runners

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/jstests/replsets/stepdown3.js b/jstests/replsets/stepdown3.js
index fd99cd4608a..4b90ce99a2f 100644
--- a/jstests/replsets/stepdown3.js
+++ b/jstests/replsets/stepdown3.js
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ print("\ndo a write");
 master.getDB("test").foo.insert({x:1});
 replTest.awaitReplication();
 
+// do another write, because the first one might be longer than 10 seconds ago
+// on the secondary (due to starting up), and we need to be within 10 seconds
+// to step down.
+master.getDB("test").foo.insert({x:2});
+master.getDB("test").runCommand({getLastError : 1, w : 2, wtimeout : 30000 });
 // lock secondary, to pause replication
 print("\nlock secondary");
 var locked = replTest.liveNodes.slaves[0];
@@ -18,7 +23,7 @@ printjson( locked.getDB("admin").runCommand({fsync : 1, lock : 1}) );
 
 // do a write
 print("\ndo a write");
-master.getDB("test").foo.insert({x:2});
+master.getDB("test").foo.insert({x:3});
 
 // step down the primary asyncronously
 print("stepdown");