diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test35.2 b/testsuite/expect/test35.2
index 698807593bf39e67f6daad264a03c7798518bc5c..cf3b9ed69ad41bae16715f59549f6920c8009957 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test35.2
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test35.2
@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ if {$job_id_use == 0} {
 	set exit_code 1
 }
 
+# Wait for purge of buffer to complete
+sleep 10
+
 set found 0
 spawn $scontrol show burst
 expect {