diff --git a/spec/datadog/profiling/crashtracker_spec.rb b/spec/datadog/profiling/crashtracker_spec.rb
index 77879652454..6f5c5137925 100644
--- a/spec/datadog/profiling/crashtracker_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/datadog/profiling/crashtracker_spec.rb
@@ -100,13 +100,15 @@
 
       it 'starts a second crash tracker for the fork' do
         expect_in_fork do
+          wait_for { `pgrep -f libdatadog-crashtracking-receiver`.lines.size }.to be 1
+
           crashtracker.reset_after_fork
 
-          expect(`pgrep -f libdatadog-crashtracking-receiver`.lines.size).to be 2
+          wait_for { `pgrep -f libdatadog-crashtracking-receiver`.lines.size }.to be 2
 
           crashtracker.stop
 
-          expect(`pgrep -f libdatadog-crashtracking-receiver`.lines.size).to be 1
+          wait_for { `pgrep -f libdatadog-crashtracking-receiver`.lines.size }.to be 1
         end
       end
     end