diff --git a/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/net/ScorekeeperSessionTest.kt b/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/net/ScorekeeperSessionTest.kt
index 7f10647..fbcd846 100644
--- a/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/net/ScorekeeperSessionTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/java/org/prolibertate/games/net/ScorekeeperSessionTest.kt
@@ -145,6 +145,11 @@ class ScorekeeperSessionTest {
         await("$name to be asking") { host.state.requests.any { it.id == deviceId } }
         host.session.allow(deviceId)
         await("$name to be let in") { guest.state.value.connected }
+        // The sheet follows the connection over the socket, so `connected` can
+        // flip while it is still in flight. Callers read the guest's sheet at
+        // once (its players, its rounds), and on a slow runner that was an empty
+        // one: wait until the guest is looking at the host's.
+        await("$name to receive the sheet") { guest.state.value.sheet == host.state.sheet }
         return guest
     }