diff --git a/core/internal/features/ocr2/features_ocr2_test.go b/core/internal/features/ocr2/features_ocr2_test.go
index 2d8f55fcc9d..665bbf6539d 100644
--- a/core/internal/features/ocr2/features_ocr2_test.go
+++ b/core/internal/features/ocr2/features_ocr2_test.go
@@ -239,14 +239,6 @@ func testIntegration_OCR2(t *testing.T) {
 				})
 			}
 
-			tick := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
-			defer tick.Stop()
-			go func() {
-				for range tick.C {
-					b.Commit()
-				}
-			}()
-
 			blockBeforeConfig := initOCR2(t, lggr, b, ocrContract, owner, bootstrapNode, oracles, transmitters, transmitters, func(blockNum int64) string {
 				return fmt.Sprintf(`
 type				= "bootstrap"
@@ -260,6 +252,14 @@ fromBlock = %d
 `, ocrContractAddress, blockNum)
 			})
 
+			tick := time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second)
+			defer tick.Stop()
+			go func() {
+				for range tick.C {
+					b.Commit()
+				}
+			}()
+
 			var jids []int32
 			var servers, slowServers = make([]*httptest.Server, 4), make([]*httptest.Server, 4)
 			// We expect metadata of: