diff --git a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/ConnectivityDiagnosticsManagerTest.java b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/ConnectivityDiagnosticsManagerTest.java
index 232114e27f..68fa38da0f 100644
--- a/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/ConnectivityDiagnosticsManagerTest.java
+++ b/tests/cts/net/src/android/net/cts/ConnectivityDiagnosticsManagerTest.java
@@ -278,18 +278,23 @@ public class ConnectivityDiagnosticsManagerTest {
 
         assertTrue("Didn't receive broadcast for ACTION_CARRIER_CONFIG_CHANGED for subId=" + subId,
                 carrierConfigReceiver.waitForCarrierConfigChanged());
-        assertTrue("Don't have Carrier Privileges after adding cert for this package",
-                mTelephonyManager.createForSubscriptionId(subId).hasCarrierPrivileges());
 
         // Wait for CarrierPrivilegesTracker to receive the ACTION_CARRIER_CONFIG_CHANGED
         // broadcast. CPT then needs to update the corresponding DataConnection, which then
         // updates ConnectivityService. Unfortunately, this update to the NetworkCapabilities in
         // CS does not trigger NetworkCallback#onCapabilitiesChanged as changing the
         // administratorUids is not a publicly visible change. In lieu of a better signal to
-        // detministically wait for, use Thread#sleep here.
+        // deterministically wait for, use Thread#sleep here.
         // TODO(b/157949581): replace this Thread#sleep with a deterministic signal
         Thread.sleep(DELAY_FOR_ADMIN_UIDS_MILLIS);
 
+        // TODO(b/217559768): Receiving carrier config change and immediately checking carrier
+        //  privileges is racy, as the CP status is updated after receiving the same signal. Move
+        //  the CP check after sleep to temporarily reduce the flakiness. This will soon be fixed
+        //  by switching to CarrierPrivilegesListener.
+        assertTrue("Don't have Carrier Privileges after adding cert for this package",
+                mTelephonyManager.createForSubscriptionId(subId).hasCarrierPrivileges());
+
         final TestConnectivityDiagnosticsCallback connDiagsCallback =
                 createAndRegisterConnectivityDiagnosticsCallback(CELLULAR_NETWORK_REQUEST);