diff --git a/test/integration/select_readview_test.lua b/test/integration/select_readview_test.lua
index f080f146..cb250127 100644
--- a/test/integration/select_readview_test.lua
+++ b/test/integration/select_readview_test.lua
@@ -2319,6 +2319,8 @@ pgroup.test_stop_select = function(g)
             require('vshard.storage').cfg(cfg, box.info[bootstrap_key])
             require('crud').init_storage{wait_until_ready = true}
         end, {g.cfg, bootstrap_key})
+
+        g.cluster:server('s2-master'):wait_for_rw()
     end
 
     local _, err = g.router:eval([[
diff --git a/test/vshard_helpers/server.lua b/test/vshard_helpers/server.lua
index 6ed2448f..1b504f16 100644
--- a/test/vshard_helpers/server.lua
+++ b/test/vshard_helpers/server.lua
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ function Server:wait_for_readiness()
     end)
 end
 
+function Server:wait_for_rw()
+    return wait_cond('rw', self, function()
+        local ok, is_ready = pcall(function()
+            self:connect_net_box()
+            return self.net_box:eval('return box.info.ro') == false
+        end)
+        return ok and is_ready
+    end)
+end
+
 function Server:wait_election_leader()
     -- Include read-only property too because if an instance is a leader, it
     -- does not mean it finished the synchro queue ownership transition. It is
diff --git a/test/vshard_helpers/vtest.lua b/test/vshard_helpers/vtest.lua
index e69d8579..caa62b6d 100644
--- a/test/vshard_helpers/vtest.lua
+++ b/test/vshard_helpers/vtest.lua
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ local function cluster_new(g, cfg)
 
     for _, master in pairs(masters) do
         master:wait_for_readiness()
+        master:wait_for_rw()
         master:exec(function(cfg)
             -- Logged in as guest with 'super' access rights. Yet 'super' is not
             -- enough to grant 'replication' privilege. The simplest way - login