diff --git a/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl b/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
index cc242542..fcfa46d1 100644
--- a/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
+++ b/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
@@ -23,8 +23,9 @@ test "Cluster nodes hard reset" {
     foreach_redis_id id {
         catch {R $id flushall} ; # May fail for readonly slaves.
         R $id cluster reset hard
-        R $id config set cluster-node-timeout 3000
         R $id cluster set-config-epoch [expr {$id+1}]
+        R $id config set cluster-node-timeout 3000
+        R $id config rewrite
     }
 }