diff --git a/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_security_group_logging.py b/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_security_group_logging.py
index ee1569f..494cbbf 100644
--- a/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_security_group_logging.py
+++ b/whitebox_neutron_tempest_plugin/tests/scenario/test_security_group_logging.py
@@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ class BaseSecGroupLoggingTest(
                       hypervisor_ssh.host, _track_value)
         else:
             # tracks B value, after test traffic sent to be logged
-            # (extracts logs from file right away, to avoid race conditions).
+            # (wait time for logging to be done fully).
+            time.sleep(5)
             cmd_outputs = hypervisor_ssh.exec_command(
                 "sudo grep ovn_pinctrl0 {0}".format(self.SG_LOG_FILE),
                 timeout=120).splitlines()
@@ -674,7 +675,6 @@ class BaseSecGroupLoggingTest(
         ping_amount = 10
         self.check_remote_connectivity(
             vm_a['ssh_client'], vm_b_internal_ip, ping_count=ping_amount)
-        time.sleep(5)
         self.retrieve_tracked_log(vm_a['hv_ssh_client'])
         if not same_compute:
             self.retrieve_tracked_log(vm_b['hv_ssh_client'])