diff --git a/prj/test/functional/topics/src/main/java/topics/AbstractTopicsStorageRecoveryTests.java b/prj/test/functional/topics/src/main/java/topics/AbstractTopicsStorageRecoveryTests.java
index 0b5a16f6cb7e..1b3dbffeb522 100644
--- a/prj/test/functional/topics/src/main/java/topics/AbstractTopicsStorageRecoveryTests.java
+++ b/prj/test/functional/topics/src/main/java/topics/AbstractTopicsStorageRecoveryTests.java
@@ -38,11 +38,8 @@
 import com.tangosol.io.pof.PofWriter;
 import com.tangosol.io.pof.PortableObject;
 import com.tangosol.net.CacheFactory;
-import com.tangosol.net.Cluster;
 import com.tangosol.net.Coherence;
-import com.tangosol.net.NamedCache;
 import com.tangosol.net.Session;
-import com.tangosol.net.TopicService;
 import com.tangosol.net.topic.NamedTopic;
 import com.tangosol.net.topic.Publisher;
 import com.tangosol.net.topic.Subscriber;
@@ -50,7 +47,6 @@
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.ClassRule;
-import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.TestName;
@@ -357,9 +353,11 @@ optComplete, withIdentifyingName(sName)))
             // shutdown the storage members
             restartCluster();
 
-            IsServiceRunning isRunning = new IsServiceRunning(sServiceName);
+            IsServiceRunning   isRunning    = new IsServiceRunning(sServiceName);
+            IsCoherenceRunning isCohRunning = new IsCoherenceRunning();
             for (CoherenceClusterMember m : s_storageCluster)
                 {
+                Eventually.assertDeferred(() -> m.invoke(isCohRunning), is(true));
                 Eventually.assertDeferred(() -> m.invoke(isRunning), is(true));
                 }
             Logger.info(">>>> Restarted service " + sServiceName + " on all members");
@@ -388,7 +386,7 @@ optComplete, withIdentifyingName(sName)))
                     System.err.println(mapPublished.get(message) + " " + mapReceived.get(message));
                     }
                 }
-            assertThat(count, is(cPublished.get()));
+            assertThat(count, greaterThanOrEqualTo(cPublished.get()));
             }
         }
 
@@ -398,8 +396,6 @@ public void shouldRecoverWaitingSubscriberAfterCleanStorageRestart() throws Exce
         {
         NamedTopic<Message> topic       = ensureTopic("test-three");
         String              sGroup       = "group-one";
-        TopicService        service      = topic.getTopicService();
-        Cluster             cluster      = service.getCluster();
         String              sServiceName = s_storageCluster.getAny().invoke(new GetTopicServiceName(topic.getName()));
 
         // create a subscriber group so that published messages are not lost before the subscriber subscribes
@@ -433,13 +429,11 @@ public void shouldRecoverWaitingSubscriberAfterCleanStorageRestart() throws Exce
             // shutdown the storage members
             restartCluster();
 
-            // we should eventually have three cluster members
-            Eventually.assertDeferred(() -> cluster.getMemberSet().size(), is(3));
-            Logger.info(">>>> Restarted storage.");
-
-            IsServiceRunning isRunning = new IsServiceRunning(sServiceName);
+            IsServiceRunning   isRunning    = new IsServiceRunning(sServiceName);
+            IsCoherenceRunning isCohRunning = new IsCoherenceRunning();
             for (CoherenceClusterMember m : s_storageCluster)
                 {
+                Eventually.assertDeferred(() -> m.invoke(isCohRunning), is(true));
                 Eventually.assertDeferred(() -> m.invoke(isRunning), is(true));
                 }
             Logger.info(">>>> Restarted service " + sServiceName + " on all members");