diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_001_pos.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_001_pos.ksh
index c7b7ca789..aacec48df 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_001_pos.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_001_pos.ksh
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ function cleanup
 		log_must zpool online $TESTPOOL $disk
 		log_must check_state $TESTPOOL $disk "online"
 	done
+	sleep 1 # Delay for resilver to start
 	log_must zpool wait -t resilver $TESTPOOL
 
 	[[ -e $TESTDIR ]] && log_must rm -rf $TESTDIR/*
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ for disk in $DISKLIST; do
 
 	log_must zpool online $TESTPOOL $disk
 	log_must check_state $TESTPOOL $disk "online"
-
+	sleep 1 # Delay for resilver to start
 	log_must zpool wait -t resilver $TESTPOOL
 done
 
diff --git a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_002_neg.ksh b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_002_neg.ksh
index 5da90b4d6..0155303b8 100755
--- a/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_002_neg.ksh
+++ b/tests/zfs-tests/tests/functional/online_offline/online_offline_002_neg.ksh
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ function cleanup
 		log_must zpool online $TESTPOOL $disk
 		log_must check_state $TESTPOOL $disk "online"
 	done
+	sleep 1 # Delay for resilver to start
 	log_must zpool wait -t resilver $TESTPOOL
 
 	[[ -e $TESTDIR ]] && log_must rm -rf $TESTDIR/*
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ while [[ $i -lt ${#disks[*]} ]]; do
 		log_must zpool online $TESTPOOL ${disks[$i]}
 		check_state $TESTPOOL ${disks[$i]} "online" || \
 		    log_fail "Failed to set ${disks[$i]} online"
+		sleep 1 # Delay for resilver to start
 		log_must zpool wait -t resilver $TESTPOOL
 		log_must zpool clear $TESTPOOL
 		while [[ $j -lt ${#disks[*]} ]]; do
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ while [[ $i -lt ${#disks[*]} ]]; do
 		log_must zpool online $TESTPOOL ${disks[$i]}
 		check_state $TESTPOOL ${disks[$i]} "online" || \
 		    log_fail "Failed to set ${disks[$i]} online"
+		sleep 1 # Delay for resilver to start
 		log_must zpool wait -t resilver $TESTPOOL
 		log_must zpool clear $TESTPOOL
 	fi