diff --git a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/quickaccess/QuickAccessDialogTest.java b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/quickaccess/QuickAccessDialogTest.java
index 3352c6246a3..ba5f4fe4a98 100644
--- a/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/quickaccess/QuickAccessDialogTest.java	
+++ b/tests/org.eclipse.ui.tests/Eclipse UI Tests/org/eclipse/ui/tests/quickaccess/QuickAccessDialogTest.java	
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ public class QuickAccessDialogTest {
 
 	private class TestQuickAccessDialog extends QuickAccessDialog {
 
+		private volatile String infoText;
+
 		public TestQuickAccessDialog(IWorkbenchWindow activeWorkbenchWindow, Command command) {
 			super(activeWorkbenchWindow, command);
 		}
@@ -71,6 +73,12 @@ public TestQuickAccessDialog(IWorkbenchWindow activeWorkbenchWindow, Command com
 		protected IDialogSettings getDialogSettings() {
 			return dialogSettings;
 		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected void setInfoText(String text) {
+			super.setInfoText(text);
+			infoText = text;
+		}
 	}
 
 	private static final int TIMEOUT = 5000;
@@ -294,17 +302,16 @@ private void activateCurrentElement(QuickAccessDialog dialog) {
 	@Test
 	public void testPreviousChoicesAvailableForExtension() {
 		// add one selection to history
-		QuickAccessDialog dialog = new TestQuickAccessDialog(activeWorkbenchWindow, null);
+		TestQuickAccessDialog dialog = new TestQuickAccessDialog(activeWorkbenchWindow, null);
 		Text text = dialog.getQuickAccessContents().getFilterText();
-		text.setText("initial test");
 		dialog.open();
 		/*
-		 * wait for the initial dialog contents, to avoid race conditions later on in the test, see:
+		 * wait for the dialog initialization, to avoid race conditions later on in the test, see:
 		 * https://github.com/eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.ui/issues/4009
 		 */
-		assertTrue(DisplayHelper.waitForCondition(text.getDisplay(), TIMEOUT,
-				() -> dialogContains(dialog, "initial test")),
-				"Unexpected dialog contents: " + getAllEntries(dialog.getQuickAccessContents().getTable()));
+		assertTrue(DisplayHelper.waitForCondition(text.getDisplay(), TIMEOUT * 1000,
+				() -> dialog.infoText != null),
+				"Unexpected dialog info: " + dialog.infoText);
 		text.setText(TestQuickAccessComputer.TEST_QUICK_ACCESS_PROPOSAL_LABEL);
 		final Table firstTable = dialog.getQuickAccessContents().getTable();
 		assertTrue(DisplayHelper.waitForCondition(text.getDisplay(), TIMEOUT,