diff --git a/tests/src/test/java/alluxio/client/fs/concurrent/ConcurrentFileSystemMasterSetTtlIntegrationTest.java b/tests/src/test/java/alluxio/client/fs/concurrent/ConcurrentFileSystemMasterSetTtlIntegrationTest.java
index b1e791f61fcc..382195a047a5 100644
--- a/tests/src/test/java/alluxio/client/fs/concurrent/ConcurrentFileSystemMasterSetTtlIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/tests/src/test/java/alluxio/client/fs/concurrent/ConcurrentFileSystemMasterSetTtlIntegrationTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import alluxio.collections.ConcurrentHashSet;
 import alluxio.conf.Configuration;
 import alluxio.conf.PropertyKey;
+import alluxio.exception.AlluxioException;
 import alluxio.grpc.CreateFilePOptions;
 import alluxio.grpc.FileSystemMasterCommonPOptions;
 import alluxio.grpc.SetAttributePOptions;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ public void uncaughtException(Thread th, Throwable ex) {
         errors.add(ex);
       }
     };
+
     for (int i = 0; i < numFiles; i++) {
       final int iteration = i;
       Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() {
@@ -141,6 +144,8 @@ public void run() {
           try {
             AuthenticatedClientUser.set(TEST_USER);
             barrier.await();
+            HeartbeatScheduler.execute(HeartbeatContext.MASTER_TTL_CHECK);
+
             mFileSystem.setAttribute(paths[iteration], SetAttributePOptions.newBuilder()
                 .setCommonOptions(FileSystemMasterCommonPOptions.newBuilder()
                     .setTtl(ttls[iteration]).setTtlAction(TtlAction.DELETE))
@@ -173,4 +178,79 @@ private void assertErrorsSizeEquals(ConcurrentHashSet<Throwable> errors, int exp
           expected, errors.size()) + Joiner.on("\n").join(errors));
     }
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConcurrentInsertAndExpire() throws Exception {
+    /* (ALLUXIO-2821) When an inode is concurrently added to ttlbucket and inodettlchecker
+    has been processing this particular ttlbucket. The inode should not be left out forever
+    without being processed by inodettlchecker further. */
+    // Create two files
+    String fileNamePrefix = "file";
+    AlluxioURI fileUri1 = new AlluxioURI(fileNamePrefix + "1");
+    AlluxioURI fileUri2 = new AlluxioURI(fileNamePrefix + "2");
+    mFileSystem.createFile(fileUri1,
+            CreateFilePOptions.newBuilder().setWriteType(WritePType.MUST_CACHE).build());
+    mFileSystem.createFile(fileUri2,
+        CreateFilePOptions.newBuilder().setWriteType(WritePType.MUST_CACHE).build());
+    // Set ttl on file1.
+    SetAttributePOptions setTTlOptions = SetAttributePOptions.newBuilder().setRecursive(false)
+        .setCommonOptions(FileSystemMasterCommonPOptions.newBuilder()
+            .setTtl(TTL_INTERVAL_MS).setTtlAction(TtlAction.DELETE).build())
+        .build();
+    mFileSystem.setAttribute((fileUri1), setTTlOptions);
+
+    CommonUtils.sleepMs(4 * TTL_INTERVAL_MS);
+    // One thread to run InodeTtlChecker, file1 should be expired, another thread
+    // to set the ttl of file2 which with same ttl as file1, which is supposed to
+    // land in the bucket that's being processed by ttlchecker at the same time.
+    final CyclicBarrier barrier = new CyclicBarrier(2);
+    List<Thread> threads = new ArrayList<>(2);
+    final ConcurrentHashSet<Throwable> errors = new ConcurrentHashSet<>();
+    Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler exceptionHandler = new Thread.UncaughtExceptionHandler() {
+      public void uncaughtException(Thread th, Throwable ex) {
+        errors.add(ex);
+      }
+    };
+    Thread ttlCheckerThread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        try {
+          AuthenticatedClientUser.set(TEST_USER);
+          barrier.await();
+          HeartbeatScheduler.execute(HeartbeatContext.MASTER_TTL_CHECK);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    ttlCheckerThread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(exceptionHandler);
+    threads.add(ttlCheckerThread);
+
+    Thread setTtlFile2Thread = new Thread(new Runnable() {
+      @Override
+      public void run() {
+        try {
+          AuthenticatedClientUser.set(TEST_USER);
+          barrier.await();
+          SetAttributePOptions setTTlOptions = SetAttributePOptions.newBuilder().setRecursive(false)
+              .setCommonOptions(FileSystemMasterCommonPOptions.newBuilder()
+                  .setTtl(TTL_INTERVAL_MS).setTtlAction(TtlAction.DELETE).build())
+              .build();
+          mFileSystem.setAttribute(fileUri2, setTTlOptions);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    setTtlFile2Thread.setUncaughtExceptionHandler(exceptionHandler);
+    threads.add(setTtlFile2Thread);
+    Collections.shuffle(threads);
+    long startMs = CommonUtils.getCurrentMs();
+    for (Thread t : threads) {
+      t.start();
+    }
+    for (Thread t : threads) {
+      t.join();
+    }
+  }
 }