diff --git a/engine/schema/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/SnapshotDataStoreDaoImpl.java b/engine/schema/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/SnapshotDataStoreDaoImpl.java
index cdf903407c17..bbb2b4f3a88e 100644
--- a/engine/schema/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/SnapshotDataStoreDaoImpl.java
+++ b/engine/schema/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/storage/datastore/db/SnapshotDataStoreDaoImpl.java
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class SnapshotDataStoreDaoImpl extends GenericDaoBase<SnapshotDataStoreVO
     private SearchBuilder<SnapshotDataStoreVO> searchFilteringStoreIdEqStoreRoleEqStateNeqRefCntNeq;
     protected SearchBuilder<SnapshotDataStoreVO> searchFilteringStoreIdEqStateEqStoreRoleEqIdEqUpdateCountEqSnapshotIdEqVolumeIdEq;
     private SearchBuilder<SnapshotDataStoreVO> stateSearch;
-    private SearchBuilder<SnapshotDataStoreVO> idStateNeqSearch;
+    private SearchBuilder<SnapshotDataStoreVO> idStateNinSearch;
     protected SearchBuilder<SnapshotVO> snapshotVOSearch;
     private SearchBuilder<SnapshotDataStoreVO> snapshotCreatedSearch;
     private SearchBuilder<SnapshotDataStoreVO> dataStoreAndInstallPathSearch;
@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ public boolean configure(String name, Map<String, Object> params) throws Configu
         stateSearch.done();
 
 
-        idStateNeqSearch = createSearchBuilder();
-        idStateNeqSearch.and(SNAPSHOT_ID, idStateNeqSearch.entity().getSnapshotId(), SearchCriteria.Op.EQ);
-        idStateNeqSearch.and(STATE, idStateNeqSearch.entity().getState(), SearchCriteria.Op.NEQ);
-        idStateNeqSearch.done();
+        idStateNinSearch = createSearchBuilder();
+        idStateNinSearch.and(SNAPSHOT_ID, idStateNinSearch.entity().getSnapshotId(), SearchCriteria.Op.EQ);
+        idStateNinSearch.and(STATE, idStateNinSearch.entity().getState(), SearchCriteria.Op.NOTIN);
+        idStateNinSearch.done();
 
         snapshotVOSearch = snapshotDao.createSearchBuilder();
         snapshotVOSearch.and(VOLUME_ID, snapshotVOSearch.entity().getVolumeId(), SearchCriteria.Op.EQ);
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ public List<SnapshotDataStoreVO> findBySnapshotId(long snapshotId) {
 
     @Override
     public List<SnapshotDataStoreVO> findBySnapshotIdWithNonDestroyedState(long snapshotId) {
-        SearchCriteria<SnapshotDataStoreVO> sc = idStateNeqSearch.create();
+        SearchCriteria<SnapshotDataStoreVO> sc = idStateNinSearch.create();
         sc.setParameters(SNAPSHOT_ID, snapshotId);
         sc.setParameters(STATE, State.Destroyed.name());
         return listBy(sc);
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ public List<SnapshotDataStoreVO> findBySnapshotIdWithNonDestroyedState(long snap
 
     @Override
     public List<SnapshotDataStoreVO> findBySnapshotIdAndNotInDestroyedHiddenState(long snapshotId) {
-        SearchCriteria<SnapshotDataStoreVO> sc = idStateNeqSearch.create();
+        SearchCriteria<SnapshotDataStoreVO> sc = idStateNinSearch.create();
         sc.setParameters(SNAPSHOT_ID, snapshotId);
         sc.setParameters(STATE, State.Destroyed.name(), State.Hidden.name());
         return listBy(sc);
diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_secondary_storage.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_secondary_storage.py
index 4b26950ea646..2ed60a844256 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_secondary_storage.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_secondary_storage.py
@@ -136,7 +136,11 @@ def test_01_sys_vm_start(self):
                         'Up',
                         "Check state of primary storage pools is Up or not"
                         )
-        for _ in range(2):
+        # Poll until all SSVMs are Running, or timeout after 3 minutes
+        timeout = 180
+        interval = 15
+        list_ssvm_response = []
+        while timeout > 0:
             list_ssvm_response = list_ssvms(
                                     self.apiclient,
                                     systemvmtype='secondarystoragevm',
@@ -154,10 +158,12 @@ def test_01_sys_vm_start(self):
                             "Check list System VMs response"
                         )
 
-            for ssvm in list_ssvm_response:
-                if ssvm.state != 'Running':
-                    time.sleep(30)
-                    continue
+            if all(ssvm.state == 'Running' for ssvm in list_ssvm_response):
+                break
+
+            time.sleep(interval)
+            timeout -= interval
+
         for ssvm in list_ssvm_response:
             self.assertEqual(
                             ssvm.state,