diff --git a/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/helper.py b/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/helper.py
index 55355048a36..95beabda19c 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/helper.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/helper.py
@@ -336,9 +336,20 @@ class DashboardTestCase(MgrTestCase):
             raise ex
 
     @classmethod
-    def _get(cls, url, params=None, version=DEFAULT_API_VERSION, set_cookies=False, headers=None):
-        return cls._request(url, 'GET', params=params, version=version,
-                            set_cookies=set_cookies, headers=headers)
+    def _get(cls, url, params=None, version=DEFAULT_API_VERSION, set_cookies=False, headers=None,
+             retries=0, wait_func=None):
+        while retries >= 0:
+            try:
+                return cls._request(url, 'GET', params=params, version=version,
+                                    set_cookies=set_cookies, headers=headers)
+            except requests.RequestException as e:
+                if retries == 0:
+                    raise e from None
+
+                log.info("Retrying the GET req. Total retries left is... %s", retries)
+                if wait_func:
+                    wait_func()
+                retries -= 1
 
     @classmethod
     def _view_cache_get(cls, url, retries=5):
@@ -510,9 +521,11 @@ class DashboardTestCase(MgrTestCase):
             self.assertEqual(body['detail'], detail)
 
     @classmethod
-    def _ceph_cmd(cls, cmd):
+    def _ceph_cmd(cls, cmd, wait=0):
         res = cls.mgr_cluster.mon_manager.raw_cluster_cmd(*cmd)
         log.debug("command result: %s", res)
+        if wait:
+            time.sleep(wait)
         return res
 
     @classmethod
diff --git a/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_mgr_module.py b/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_mgr_module.py
index 1dbdef23d34..f5094bd95b4 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_mgr_module.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/mgr/dashboard/test_mgr_module.py
@@ -39,9 +39,13 @@ class MgrModuleTestCase(DashboardTestCase):
 class MgrModuleTest(MgrModuleTestCase):
 
     def test_list_disabled_module(self):
-        self._ceph_cmd(['mgr', 'module', 'disable', 'iostat'])
-        self.wait_until_rest_api_accessible()
-        data = self._get('/api/mgr/module')
+        self._ceph_cmd(['mgr', 'module', 'disable', 'iostat'], wait=3)
+        data = self._get(
+            '/api/mgr/module',
+            retries=1,
+            wait_func=lambda:  # pylint: disable=unnecessary-lambda
+            self.wait_until_rest_api_accessible()
+        )
         self.assertStatus(200)
         self.assertSchema(
             data,
@@ -57,9 +61,13 @@ class MgrModuleTest(MgrModuleTestCase):
         self.assertFalse(module_info['enabled'])
 
     def test_list_enabled_module(self):
-        self._ceph_cmd(['mgr', 'module', 'enable', 'iostat'])
-        self.wait_until_rest_api_accessible()
-        data = self._get('/api/mgr/module')
+        self._ceph_cmd(['mgr', 'module', 'enable', 'iostat'], wait=3)
+        data = self._get(
+            '/api/mgr/module',
+            retries=1,
+            wait_func=lambda:  # pylint: disable=unnecessary-lambda
+            self.wait_until_rest_api_accessible()
+        )
         self.assertStatus(200)
         self.assertSchema(
             data,