diff --git a/test/src/benchmark/lmbench/tcp_loopback_http_bw/run.sh b/test/src/benchmark/lmbench/tcp_loopback_http_bw/run.sh
index 0e94236e8..9ce80aa7b 100644
--- a/test/src/benchmark/lmbench/tcp_loopback_http_bw/run.sh
+++ b/test/src/benchmark/lmbench/tcp_loopback_http_bw/run.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ echo "*** Running lmbench HTTP latency test ***"
 
 dd if=/dev/zero of=test_file bs=1M count=64
 echo "test_file" > file_list
-/benchmark/bin/lmbench/lmhttp & 
+/benchmark/bin/lmbench/lmhttp &
+sleep 1
 /benchmark/bin/lmbench/lat_http 127.0.0.1 < file_list
 /benchmark/bin/lmbench/lat_http -S 127.0.0.1