diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/compress/CompressionIntegrationSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/compress/CompressionIntegrationSpec.scala
index 655b8f7401..e59e790918 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/compress/CompressionIntegrationSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/artery/compress/CompressionIntegrationSpec.scala
@@ -268,8 +268,10 @@ class CompressionIntegrationSpec extends ArteryMultiNodeSpec(CompressionIntegrat
 
     val systemWrap = newRemoteSystem(extraConfig = Some(extraConfig))
 
-    val wrapRefProbe = TestProbe()(systemWrap)
-    system.eventStream.subscribe(wrapRefProbe.ref, classOf[CompressionProtocol.Events.ReceivedActorRefCompressionTable])
+    val receivedActorRefCompressionTableProbe = TestProbe()(system)
+    system.eventStream.subscribe(
+      receivedActorRefCompressionTableProbe.ref,
+      classOf[CompressionProtocol.Events.ReceivedActorRefCompressionTable])
 
     def createAndIdentify(i: Int) = {
       val echoWrap = systemWrap.actorOf(TestActors.echoActorProps, s"echo_$i")
@@ -278,32 +280,28 @@ class CompressionIntegrationSpec extends ArteryMultiNodeSpec(CompressionIntegrat
     }
 
     val maxTableVersions = 130 // so table version wraps around at least once
-    val maxDuplicateTables = 40 // max duplicate tables that will not fail the test
-    var tableVersionsSeen = 0
     var lastTableVersion = 0
-    var iteration = 0
-
-    while (tableVersionsSeen < maxTableVersions) {
-      iteration += 1
-      if (iteration - maxTableVersions > maxDuplicateTables) {
-        throw new Error("Too much duplicate tables. Giving up on the test.")
-      }
 
+    for (iteration ← 1 to maxTableVersions) {
       val echoWrap = createAndIdentify(iteration) // create a different actor for every iteration
 
       // cause echo to become a heavy hitter
       (1 to messagesToExchange).foreach { i ⇒ echoWrap ! TestMessage("hello") }
       receiveN(messagesToExchange) // the replies
 
-      // on system A side
-      val a1 = wrapRefProbe.expectMsgType[Events.ReceivedActorRefCompressionTable](2.seconds)
-      val currentTableVersion = a1.table.version.toInt
-
-      if (currentTableVersion != lastTableVersion) { // if we get a new table
+      receivedActorRefCompressionTableProbe.within(5.seconds) {
+        var currentTableVersion = -1
+        // discard duplicates with awaitAssert until we receive next version
+        receivedActorRefCompressionTableProbe.awaitAssert {
+          val a1 = receivedActorRefCompressionTableProbe.expectMsgType[Events.ReceivedActorRefCompressionTable](2.seconds)
+          currentTableVersion = a1.table.version.toInt
+          // until we get next version, discard duplicates
+          currentTableVersion should !==(lastTableVersion)
+        }
         lastTableVersion = currentTableVersion
-        tableVersionsSeen += 1
+        currentTableVersion should ===(iteration & 0x7F)
       }
-      currentTableVersion should ===(tableVersionsSeen & 0x7F)
+
     }
   }