diff --git a/tests/auto/qtablewidget/tst_qtablewidget.cpp b/tests/auto/qtablewidget/tst_qtablewidget.cpp
index baa99eac2d..40aece4b36 100644
--- a/tests/auto/qtablewidget/tst_qtablewidget.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/qtablewidget/tst_qtablewidget.cpp
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 
 
 #include <QtTest/QtTest>
+#include "../../shared/util.h"
 #include <qeventloop.h>
 #include <qlist.h>
 #include <qpair.h>
@@ -1471,10 +1472,8 @@ void tst_QTableWidget::task219380_removeLastRow()
 
     testWidget->removeRow(19); //we remove the last row
 
-    QApplication::processEvents(); // See QTBUG-18551 and its fix
-
     //we make sure the editor is at the cell position
-    QCOMPARE(testWidget->cellWidget(18, 0)->geometry(), testWidget->visualItemRect(&item));
+    QTRY_COMPARE(testWidget->cellWidget(18, 0)->geometry(), testWidget->visualItemRect(&item));
 }
 
 void tst_QTableWidget::task262056_sortDuplicate()