diff --git a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py
index 0c6d164..f66e482 100644
--- a/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py
+++ b/tempest/api/compute/servers/test_server_actions.py
@@ -256,6 +256,7 @@
         self.assertEqual(new_image, rebuilt_image_id)
 
         self.client.start_server(self.server_id)
+        waiters.wait_for_server_status(self.client, self.server_id, 'ACTIVE')
 
     # NOTE(mriedem): Marked as slow because while rebuild and volume-backed is
     # common, we don't actually change the image (you can't with volume-backed