diff --git a/test/integration/component/test_egress_fw_rules.py b/test/integration/component/test_egress_fw_rules.py
index 12bade4ac6f..0122e4f63eb 100755
--- a/test/integration/component/test_egress_fw_rules.py
+++ b/test/integration/component/test_egress_fw_rules.py
@@ -397,11 +397,18 @@ class TestEgressFWRules(cloudstackTestCase):
         # 2. login to VM.
         # 3. ping public network.
         # 4. public network should be reachable from the VM.
+        # 5. Reboot the router
+        # 6. Ping public network from VM, it should be reachable
         self.create_vm()
         self.exec_script_on_user_vm('ping -c 1 www.google.com',
                                     "| grep -oP \'\d+(?=% packet loss)\'",
                                     "['0']",
                                     negative_test=False)
+        self.reboot_Router()
+        self.exec_script_on_user_vm('ping -c 1 www.google.com',
+                                    "| grep -oP \'\d+(?=% packet loss)\'",
+                                    "['0']",
+                                    negative_test=False)
 
     @attr(tags=["advanced"], required_hardware="true")
     def test_01_1_egress_fr1(self):