diff --git a/src/lib/dhcpsrv/tests/cfgmgr_unittest.cc b/src/lib/dhcpsrv/tests/cfgmgr_unittest.cc
index ecfe7fccc9..f81931a97a 100644
--- a/src/lib/dhcpsrv/tests/cfgmgr_unittest.cc
+++ b/src/lib/dhcpsrv/tests/cfgmgr_unittest.cc
@@ -461,12 +461,19 @@ TEST_F(CfgMgrTest, staging) {
 
     // This should change the staging configuration so as it becomes a current
     // one.
+    auto before = boost::posix_time::second_clock::universal_time();
     cfg_mgr.commit();
+    auto after = boost::posix_time::second_clock::universal_time();
     const_config = cfg_mgr.getCurrentCfg();
     ASSERT_TRUE(const_config);
     // Sequence id equal to 1 indicates that the current configuration points
     // to the configuration that used to be a staging configuration previously.
     EXPECT_EQ(1, const_config->getSequence());
+    // Last commit timestamp should be between before and after.
+    auto reload = const_config->getLastCommitTime();
+    ASSERT_FALSE(reload.is_not_a_date_time());
+    EXPECT_LE(before, reload);
+    EXPECT_GE(after, reload);
 
     // Create a new staging configuration. It should be assigned a new
     // sequence id.