diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.reference
index ad9f5636cf7..abcb957e1b1 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.reference
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.reference
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 -- { echoOn }
 
+-- Warm up: If the query result cache has not been used yet, its event counters don't show up in
+-- system.events (instead of simply being shown as 0). Insert into query result cache once to
+-- initialize the hit (**) and miss counters (*).
+SELECT 42 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache = true; -- (*)
+42
+SELECT 42 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache_passive_usage = true; -- (**)
+42
 SYSTEM DROP QUERY RESULT CACHE;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS old;
 -- save current event counts for query result cache
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.sql
index 0c308930ff6..8c721eb16f9 100644
--- a/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.sql
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/02494_query_result_cache_events.sql
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 -- { echoOn }
 
+-- Warm up: If the query result cache has not been used yet, its event counters don't show up in
+-- system.events (instead of simply being shown as 0). Insert into query result cache once to
+-- initialize the hit (**) and miss counters (*).
+SELECT 42 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache = true; -- (*)
+SELECT 42 SETTINGS enable_experimental_query_result_cache_passive_usage = true; -- (**)
+
 SYSTEM DROP QUERY RESULT CACHE;
 DROP TABLE IF EXISTS old;