diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/TestMover.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/TestMover.java
index 3cec73987b..d78b598bd3 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/TestMover.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/mover/TestMover.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
 
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
@@ -958,13 +959,12 @@ public void testMoverWithStripedFile() throws Exception {
           new String[] { "-p", barDir });
       Assert.assertEquals("Movement to ARCHIVE should be successful", 0, rc);
 
-      // verify storage types and locations
+      // Verify storage types and locations.
+      // Wait until Namenode confirms ARCHIVE storage type for all blocks of
+      // fooFile.
+      waitForUpdatedStorageType(client, fooFile, fileLen, StorageType.ARCHIVE);
+
       locatedBlocks = client.getBlockLocations(fooFile, 0, fileLen);
-      for(LocatedBlock lb : locatedBlocks.getLocatedBlocks()){
-        for( StorageType type : lb.getStorageTypes()){
-          Assert.assertEquals(StorageType.ARCHIVE, type);
-        }
-      }
       StripedFileTestUtil.verifyLocatedStripedBlocks(locatedBlocks,
           dataBlocks + parityBlocks);
 
@@ -1005,6 +1005,43 @@ public void testMoverWithStripedFile() throws Exception {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Wait until Namenode reports expected storage type for all blocks of
+   * given file.
+   *
+   * @param client handle all RPC calls to Namenode.
+   * @param file file for which we are expecting same storage type of all
+   *     located blocks.
+   * @param fileLen length of the file.
+   * @param expectedStorageType storage type to expect for all blocks of the
+   *     given file.
+   * @throws TimeoutException if the wait timed out.
+   * @throws InterruptedException if interrupted while waiting for the response.
+   */
+  private void waitForUpdatedStorageType(ClientProtocol client, String file,
+      long fileLen, StorageType expectedStorageType)
+      throws TimeoutException, InterruptedException {
+    GenericTestUtils.waitFor(() -> {
+      LocatedBlocks blocks;
+      try {
+        blocks = client.getBlockLocations(file, 0, fileLen);
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        throw new RuntimeException(e);
+      }
+      for (LocatedBlock lb : blocks.getLocatedBlocks()) {
+        for (StorageType type : lb.getStorageTypes()) {
+          if (!expectedStorageType.equals(type)) {
+            LOG.info("Block {} has StorageType: {}. It might not have been "
+                    + "updated yet, awaiting the latest update.",
+                lb.getBlock().toString(), type);
+            return false;
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
+    }, 500, 5000, "Blocks storage type must be ARCHIVE");
+  }
+
   private void initSecureConf(Configuration conf) throws Exception {
     String username = "mover";
     File baseDir = GenericTestUtils.getTestDir(TestMover.class.getSimpleName());