diff --git a/vault/activity_log.go b/vault/activity_log.go
index a84785b0c..029a16a8b 100644
--- a/vault/activity_log.go
+++ b/vault/activity_log.go
@@ -732,6 +732,19 @@ func (a *ActivityLog) deleteLogWorker(startTimestamp int64, whenDone chan struct
 	close(whenDone)
 }
 
+func (a *ActivityLog) WaitForDeletion() {
+	a.l.Lock()
+	// May be nil, if never set
+	doneCh := a.deleteDone
+	a.l.Unlock()
+	if doneCh != nil {
+		select {
+		case <-doneCh:
+			break
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // refreshFromStoredLog loads the appropriate entities/tokencounts for active and performance standbys
 // the most recent segment is loaded synchronously, and older segments are loaded in the background
 // this function expects stateLock to be held
diff --git a/vault/activity_log_test.go b/vault/activity_log_test.go
index dcf231d55..59823d74c 100644
--- a/vault/activity_log_test.go
+++ b/vault/activity_log_test.go
@@ -1238,6 +1238,13 @@ func TestActivityLog_StopAndRestart(t *testing.T) {
 		DefaultReportMonths: 12,
 	})
 
+	// On enterprise, a segment will be created, and
+	// disabling it will trigger deletion, so wait
+	// for that deletion to finish.
+	// (Alternatively, we could ensure that the next segment
+	// uses a different timestamp by waiting 1 second.)
+	a.WaitForDeletion()
+
 	// Go through request to ensure config is persisted
 	req := logical.TestRequest(t, logical.UpdateOperation, "internal/counters/config")
 	req.Storage = sysView