diff --git a/tests/qmp-test.c b/tests/qmp-test.c
index 467b694aa2ff1ef493a41bcba821d513fdf6ea4f..c9d01b87caf8a5be1bc3eaf32f1b605076cfe5a0 100644
--- a/tests/qmp-test.c
+++ b/tests/qmp-test.c
@@ -238,10 +238,12 @@ static void test_qmp_oob(void)
     /* OOB command overtakes slow in-band command */
     setup_blocking_cmd();
     send_cmd_that_blocks(qts, "ib-blocks-1");
+    qtest_async_qmp(qts, "{ 'execute': 'query-name', 'id': 'ib-quick-1' }");
     send_oob_cmd_that_fails(qts, "oob-1");
     recv_cmd_id(qts, "oob-1");
     unblock_blocked_cmd();
     recv_cmd_id(qts, "ib-blocks-1");
+    recv_cmd_id(qts, "ib-quick-1");
     cleanup_blocking_cmd();
 
     qtest_quit(qts);