diff --git a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
index 03840eb0951a..4b3c82a92482 100644
--- a/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
+++ b/common/test/acceptance/pages/lms/dashboard.py
@@ -160,6 +160,11 @@ def change_language(self, code):
         # Clicking the submit-lang button does a jquery ajax post, so make sure that
         # has completed before continuing on.
         self.wait_for_ajax()
+
+        # wait for /i18n/setlang
+        self.wait_for_page()
+
+        # wait for redirect
         self.wait_for_page()
 
         self._changed_lang_promise(code).fulfill()