diff --git a/tests/integration/cross-version-replication.tcl b/tests/integration/cross-version-replication.tcl
index 6ec3d0db80..104e821460 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cross-version-replication.tcl
+++ b/tests/integration/cross-version-replication.tcl
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ start_server {tags {"repl needs:other-server external:skip"} start-other-server
     start_server {} {
         test "Start replication from $primary_name_and_version" {
             r replicaof [srv -1 host] [srv -1 port]
-            wait_for_sync r
+            wait_for_sync r 500 100
             # The key has been transferred.
             assert_equal bar [r get foo]
             assert_equal up [s master_link_status]
diff --git a/tests/support/util.tcl b/tests/support/util.tcl
index 8f3cda3a4c..5ba1f8ea55 100644
--- a/tests/support/util.tcl
+++ b/tests/support/util.tcl
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ proc waitForBgrewriteaof r {
     }
 }
 
-proc wait_for_sync r {
-    wait_for_condition 50 100 {
+proc wait_for_sync {r {maxtries 50} {delay 100}} {
+    wait_for_condition $maxtries $delay {
         [status $r master_link_status] eq "up"
     } else {
         fail "replica didn't sync in time"