diff --git a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
index f56386cd33..0be876e3af 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/app_management_test.go
@@ -143,12 +143,12 @@ func TestTrackAppStateAndSyncApp(t *testing.T) {
 		Create().
 		Sync().
 		Then().
+		Expect(OperationPhaseIs(OperationSucceeded)).
+		Expect(SyncStatusIs(SyncStatusCodeSynced)).
 		Expect(Success(fmt.Sprintf("apps  Deployment  %s          guestbook-ui  OutOfSync  Missing", DeploymentNamespace()))).
 		Expect(Success(fmt.Sprintf("Service  %s          guestbook-ui  OutOfSync  Missing", DeploymentNamespace()))).
 		Expect(Success(fmt.Sprintf("Service     %s  guestbook-ui  Synced  Healthy        service/guestbook-ui created", DeploymentNamespace()))).
 		Expect(Success(fmt.Sprintf("apps   Deployment  %s  guestbook-ui  Synced  Healthy        deployment.apps/guestbook-ui created", DeploymentNamespace()))).
-		Expect(OperationPhaseIs(OperationSucceeded)).
-		Expect(SyncStatusIs(SyncStatusCodeSynced)).
 		Expect(Event(EventReasonResourceUpdated, "sync")).
 		And(func(app *Application) {
 			assert.NotNil(t, app.Status.OperationState.SyncResult)