diff --git a/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb b/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb
index e64dd2722e0731564191040ab422adc207649d36..fa768ba069551dc6a78391aeec44175e0d954fe3 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/qa/scenario/test/integration/gitaly_cluster.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ module Gitlab
 
                 praefect.omnibus_config = praefect_omnibus_configuration
 
-                praefect.instance(skip_teardown: true)
+                praefect.instance(skip_teardown: true) do
+                  praefect.exec_commands = [
+                    'gitlab-ctl restart praefect',
+                    '/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/praefect -config /var/opt/gitlab/praefect/config.toml sql-ping',
+                    '/opt/gitlab/embedded/bin/praefect -config /var/opt/gitlab/praefect/config.toml sql-migrate'
+                  ]
+                  praefect.process_exec_commands
+                end
               end
 
               Component::Gitlab.perform do |gitlab|