diff --git a/qa/qa/page/project/branches/show.rb b/qa/qa/page/project/branches/show.rb
index 762eacdab158ef9631988a1d9e45c9ea1af10899..480fc7d78cbe28d2dbc971a2cb30e457efeb2748 100644
--- a/qa/qa/page/project/branches/show.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/page/project/branches/show.rb
@@ -28,9 +28,11 @@ module QA
             finished_loading?
           end
 
-          def has_no_branch?(branch_name)
-            within_element(:all_branches) do
-              has_no_element?(:branch_name, text: branch_name, wait: Support::Waiter::DEFAULT_MAX_WAIT_TIME)
+          def has_no_branch?(branch_name, reload: false)
+            wait(reload: reload) do
+              within_element(:all_branches) do
+                has_no_element?(:branch_name, text: branch_name)
+              end
             end
           end
 
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb
index cf6c24fa8738907a363fd7dfc04b82a097f57af8..37a784248d4040e118ed18b25bac6f47cc350cc2 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ module QA
 
         page.refresh
         Page::Project::Branches::Show.perform do |branches_view|
-          expect(branches_view).to have_no_branch(second_branch)
+          expect(branches_view).to have_no_branch(second_branch, reload: true)
         end
       end
     end