diff --git a/tests/integration/helpers/cluster.py b/tests/integration/helpers/cluster.py
index 8863492dd12..2617a7ade40 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helpers/cluster.py
+++ b/tests/integration/helpers/cluster.py
@@ -1188,15 +1188,18 @@ class ClickHouseCluster:
                 time.sleep(1)
 
 
-    def wait_hdfs_to_start(self, timeout=300):
+    def wait_hdfs_to_start(self, timeout=300, check_marker=False):
         start = time.time()
         while time.time() - start < timeout:
             try:
                 self.hdfs_api.write_data("/somefilewithrandomname222", "1")
                 logging.debug("Connected to HDFS and SafeMode disabled! ")
+                if check_marker:
+                    self.hdfs_api.read_data("/preparations_done_marker")
+
                 return
             except Exception as ex:
-                logging.exception("Can't connect to HDFS " + str(ex))
+                logging.exception("Can't connect to HDFS or preparations are not done yet " + str(ex))
                 time.sleep(1)
 
         raise Exception("Can't wait HDFS to start")
@@ -1443,7 +1446,7 @@ class ClickHouseCluster:
                 os.chmod(self.hdfs_kerberized_logs_dir, stat.S_IRWXO)
                 run_and_check(self.base_kerberized_hdfs_cmd + common_opts)
                 self.make_hdfs_api(kerberized=True)
-                self.wait_hdfs_to_start()
+                self.wait_hdfs_to_start(check_marker=True)
 
             if self.with_mongo and self.base_mongo_cmd:
                 logging.debug('Setup Mongo')
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_storage_kerberized_hdfs/hdfs_configs/bootstrap.sh b/tests/integration/test_storage_kerberized_hdfs/hdfs_configs/bootstrap.sh
index 971491d4053..769056d70b3 100755
--- a/tests/integration/test_storage_kerberized_hdfs/hdfs_configs/bootstrap.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/test_storage_kerberized_hdfs/hdfs_configs/bootstrap.sh
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ sleep 3
 
 /usr/local/hadoop/bin/hdfs dfs -mkdir /user/specuser
 /usr/local/hadoop/bin/hdfs dfs -chown specuser /user/specuser
+echo "chown_completed" | /usr/local/hadoop/bin/hdfs dfs -appendToFile - /preparations_done_marker
 
 kdestroy