diff --git a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestJVMExit.java b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestJVMExit.java
index 5b30a52e4b7..77eba735d7a 100644
--- a/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestJVMExit.java
+++ b/test/jdk/jdk/jfr/api/consumer/streaming/TestJVMExit.java
@@ -34,12 +34,29 @@ import jdk.jfr.consumer.EventStream;
  * @requires vm.hasJFR
  * @library /test/lib /test/jdk
  * @modules jdk.jfr jdk.attach java.base/jdk.internal.misc
+ * @build jdk.jfr.api.consumer.streaming.TestProcess
  *
  * @run main/othervm -Dsun.tools.attach.attachTimeout=100000 jdk.jfr.api.consumer.streaming.TestJVMExit
  */
 public class TestJVMExit {
 
     public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
+        while (true) {
+            try {
+                testExit();
+                return;
+            } catch (RuntimeException e) {
+                String message = String.valueOf(e.getMessage());
+                // If the test application crashes during startup, retry.
+                if (!message.contains("is no longer alive")) {
+                    throw e;
+                }
+                System.out.println("Application not alive when trying to get repository. Retrying.");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private static void testExit() throws Exception {
         try (TestProcess process = new TestProcess("exit-application")) {
             AtomicInteger eventCounter = new AtomicInteger();
             try (EventStream es = EventStream.openRepository(process.getRepository())) {