1 files changed, 7 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/jstests/replsets/initial_sync_nodes_maintain_and_gossip_commit_point.js b/jstests/replsets/initial_sync_nodes_maintain_and_gossip_commit_point.js
index b3e596d1f0d..9b79b672611 100644
--- a/jstests/replsets/initial_sync_nodes_maintain_and_gossip_commit_point.js
+++ b/jstests/replsets/initial_sync_nodes_maintain_and_gossip_commit_point.js
@@ -118,21 +118,15 @@ assert.eq(1, rs.compareOpTimes(thirdCommitPointSecondary, secondCommitPointSecon
 hangBeforeCompletingOplogFetching.off();
 hangBeforeFinish.wait();
 
-// Verify that the initial sync node receives the commit point from the primary, either via oplog
-// fetching or by a heartbeat. This will usually happen via oplog fetching but in some cases it is
-// possible that the OplogFetcher shuts down before this ever happens. See SERVER-76695 for details.
+// Verify that the initial sync node receives the commit point from the primary via oplog fetching.
 // We only assert that it is greater than or equal to the second commit point because it is possible
 // for the commit point to not yet be advanced by the primary when we fetch the oplog entry.
-assert.soon(() => {
-    const commitPointInitialSyncNode = getLastCommittedOpTime(initialSyncNode);
-    // compareOpTimes will throw an error if given an invalid opTime, and if the
-    // node has not yet advanced its opTime it will still have the default one,
-    // which is invalid.
-    if (!rs.isValidOpTime(commitPointInitialSyncNode)) {
-        return false;
-    }
-    return rs.compareOpTimes(commitPointInitialSyncNode, secondCommitPointPrimary) >= 0;
-}, `commit point on initial sync node should be at least as up-to-date as the second commit point`);
+const commitPointInitialSyncNode = getLastCommittedOpTime(initialSyncNode);
+assert.gte(
+    rs.compareOpTimes(commitPointInitialSyncNode, secondCommitPointPrimary),
+    0,
+    `commit point on initial sync node should be at least as up-to-date as the second commit point: ${
+        tojson(commitPointInitialSyncNode)}`);
 
 // Verify that the non-voting secondary has received the updated commit point via heartbeats from
 // the initial sync node.