diff --git a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/checkpointing/ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase.java b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/checkpointing/ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase.java
index f9411372c7cd03b51eb8fdbce52b53f018112da2..ebd57a37a7c1691d210a8c5e5d9b3b6ef29da12c 100644
--- a/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/checkpointing/ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase.java
+++ b/flink-tests/src/test/java/org/apache/flink/test/checkpointing/ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.apache.flink.configuration.HighAvailabilityOptions;
 import org.apache.flink.contrib.streaming.state.RocksDBStateBackend;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.jobgraph.JobGraph;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.jobgraph.SavepointRestoreSettings;
-import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.CheckpointListener;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.StateBackend;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.state.filesystem.FsStateBackend;
 import org.apache.flink.runtime.testutils.MiniClusterResourceConfiguration;
@@ -298,15 +297,13 @@ public class ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase extends TestLogger {
 	private static String runJobAndGetExternalizedCheckpoint(StateBackend backend, File checkpointDir, @Nullable String externalCheckpoint, ClusterClient<?> client) throws Exception {
 		JobGraph initialJobGraph = getJobGraph(backend, externalCheckpoint);
 		NotifyingInfiniteTupleSource.countDownLatch = new CountDownLatch(PARALLELISM);
-		NotifyingInfiniteTupleSource.checkpointCompletedLatch = new CountDownLatch(PARALLELISM);
 
 		ClientUtils.submitJob(client, initialJobGraph);
 
 		// wait until all sources have been started
 		NotifyingInfiniteTupleSource.countDownLatch.await();
-		// wait the checkpoint completing
-		NotifyingInfiniteTupleSource.checkpointCompletedLatch.await();
 
+		waitUntilExternalizedCheckpointCreated(checkpointDir, initialJobGraph.getJobID());
 		client.cancel(initialJobGraph.getJobID()).get();
 		waitUntilCanceled(initialJobGraph.getJobID(), client);
 
@@ -322,6 +319,16 @@ public class ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase extends TestLogger {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static void waitUntilExternalizedCheckpointCreated(File checkpointDir, JobID jobId) throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+		while (true) {
+			Thread.sleep(50);
+			Optional<Path> externalizedCheckpoint = findExternalizedCheckpoint(checkpointDir, jobId);
+			if (externalizedCheckpoint.isPresent()) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	private static Optional<Path> findExternalizedCheckpoint(File checkpointDir, JobID jobId) throws IOException {
 		try (Stream<Path> checkpoints = Files.list(checkpointDir.toPath().resolve(jobId.toString()))) {
 			return checkpoints
@@ -373,16 +380,12 @@ public class ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase extends TestLogger {
 	/**
 	 * Infinite source which notifies when all of its sub tasks have been started via the count down latch.
 	 */
-	public static class NotifyingInfiniteTupleSource
-		extends ManualWindowSpeedITCase.InfiniteTupleSource
-		implements CheckpointListener {
+	public static class NotifyingInfiniteTupleSource extends ManualWindowSpeedITCase.InfiniteTupleSource {
 
 		private static final long serialVersionUID = 8120981235081181746L;
 
 		private static CountDownLatch countDownLatch;
 
-		private static CountDownLatch checkpointCompletedLatch;
-
 		public NotifyingInfiniteTupleSource(int numKeys) {
 			super(numKeys);
 		}
@@ -395,12 +398,5 @@ public class ResumeCheckpointManuallyITCase extends TestLogger {
 
 			super.run(out);
 		}
-
-		@Override
-		public void notifyCheckpointComplete(long checkpointId) throws Exception {
-			if (checkpointCompletedLatch != null) {
-				checkpointCompletedLatch.countDown();
-			}
-		}
 	}
 }