diff --git a/testsuite/kuadrant/policy/__init__.py b/testsuite/kuadrant/policy/__init__.py
index 207e9002..0e3f7aa9 100644
--- a/testsuite/kuadrant/policy/__init__.py
+++ b/testsuite/kuadrant/policy/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,24 @@ def _check(obj):
     return _check
 
 
+def is_affected_by(policy: "Policy"):
+    """Returns function, that returns True if the Kubernetes object has 'affected by policy' condition"""
+
+    def _check(obj):
+        for condition in obj.model.status.conditions:
+            if check_condition(
+                condition,
+                f"kuadrant.io/{policy.kind(lowercase=False)}Affected",
+                "True",
+                "Accepted",
+                f"Object affected by {policy.kind(lowercase=False)} {policy.namespace()}/{policy.name()}",
+            ):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    return _check
+
+
 class Policy(KubernetesObject):
     """Base class with common functionality for all policies"""
 
diff --git a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/gateway/test_scale_listeners.py b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/gateway/test_scale_listeners.py
index 8392e4ad..94c0d052 100644
--- a/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/gateway/test_scale_listeners.py
+++ b/testsuite/tests/singlecluster/gateway/test_scale_listeners.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from testsuite.httpx import KuadrantClient
 from testsuite.gateway.gateway_api.route import HTTPRoute
 from testsuite.gateway.gateway_api.gateway import KuadrantGateway, GatewayListener
+from testsuite.kuadrant.policy import is_affected_by
 from testsuite.kuadrant.policy.dns import DNSPolicy
 
 pytestmark = [pytest.mark.kuadrant_only, pytest.mark.dnspolicy]
@@ -16,8 +17,7 @@
 def gateway(request, cluster, blame, base_domain, module_label):
     """Create first gateway with 64 listeners"""
     gw = KuadrantGateway.create_instance(cluster, blame("gw"), {"app": module_label})
-    gw.add_listener(GatewayListener(hostname=f"gw1-api.{base_domain}"))
-    for i in range(1, MAX_GATEWAY_LISTENERS):
+    for i in range(1, MAX_GATEWAY_LISTENERS + 1):
         gw.add_listener(GatewayListener(name=f"api{i}", hostname=f"gw1-api{i}.{base_domain}"))
     request.addfinalizer(gw.delete)
     gw.commit()
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ def gateway(request, cluster, blame, base_domain, module_label):
 def gateway2(request, cluster, blame, base_domain, module_label):
     """Create second gateway with 64 listeners"""
     gw = KuadrantGateway.create_instance(cluster, blame("gw"), {"app": module_label})
-    gw.add_listener(GatewayListener(hostname=f"gw2-api.{base_domain}"))
-    for i in range(1, MAX_GATEWAY_LISTENERS):
+    for i in range(1, MAX_GATEWAY_LISTENERS + 1):
         gw.add_listener(GatewayListener(name=f"api{i}", hostname=f"gw2-api{i}.{base_domain}"))
     request.addfinalizer(gw.delete)
     gw.commit()
@@ -68,11 +67,11 @@ def commit(request, routes, dns_policy, dns_policy2):  # pylint: disable=unused-
 
 def test_gateway_max_listeners(gateway, gateway2, dns_policy, dns_policy2, base_domain):
     """Verify that both gateways are affected by DNSPolicy and their listeners are reachable"""
-    assert gateway.refresh().is_affected_by(dns_policy)
-    assert gateway2.refresh().is_affected_by(dns_policy2)
-
-    assert KuadrantClient(base_url=f"http://gw1-api.{base_domain}").get("/get").response.status_code == 200
-    assert KuadrantClient(base_url=f"http://gw1-api63.{base_domain}").get("/get").response.status_code == 200
-
-    assert KuadrantClient(base_url=f"http://gw2-api21.{base_domain}").get("/get").response.status_code == 200
-    assert KuadrantClient(base_url=f"http://gw2-api53.{base_domain}").get("/get").response.status_code == 200
+    assert gateway.wait_until(is_affected_by(dns_policy))
+    assert gateway2.wait_until(is_affected_by(dns_policy2))
+
+    for i in [1, 2]:
+        for j in range(1, MAX_GATEWAY_LISTENERS + 1):
+            res = KuadrantClient(base_url=f"http://gw{i}-api{j}.{base_domain}").get("/get").response
+            assert res is not None
+            assert res.status_code == 200