diff --git a/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs b/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs
index 72f6ec7d4313bf5beccc118306a4e31a3314ed79..be29f7a3509da6e2310cc2df0f5bcebe5a47758e 100644
--- a/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs
+++ b/src/tests/tracing/eventpipe/common/IpcTraceTest.cs
@@ -282,8 +282,15 @@ private int Validate()
                 }
             });
 
+            var waitSentinelEventTask = new Task(() => {
+                sentinelEventReceived.WaitOne();
+            });
+
             readerTask.Start();
-            sentinelEventReceived.WaitOne();
+            waitSentinelEventTask.Start();
+
+            // Will throw if the reader task throws any exceptions before signaling sentinelEventReceived.
+            Task.WaitAny(readerTask, waitSentinelEventTask);
 
             Logger.logger.Log("Starting event generating action...");
             _eventGeneratingAction();