diff --git a/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/caching_tests.cpp b/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/caching_tests.cpp
index 02a83e4eed658e..2468abd0812f1b 100644
--- a/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/caching_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/tests/functional/plugin/shared/src/behavior/ov_plugin/caching_tests.cpp
@@ -242,35 +242,23 @@ void CompileModelCacheTestBase::run() {
         GTEST_FAIL() << "Can't compile network without cache for " << m_functionName << " with precision " << m_precision.get_type_name() << std::endl;
     }
     auto originalOutputs = get_plugin_outputs();
-    size_t blobCountInitial = -1;
-    size_t blobCountAfterwards = -1;
+
     for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
         // Step 2: Load with cache. Export or import shall not throw
+        compiledModel = {}; // Destroy network object
+        inferRequest = {};
         {
             core->set_property(ov::cache_dir(m_cacheFolderName));
             ASSERT_NO_THROW(compiledModel = core->compile_model(function, targetDevice, configuration));
-            if (targetDevice.find("AUTO") == std::string::npos) {
+            if (targetDevice.find("AUTO") == std::string::npos)
                 // Apply check only for HW plugins
                 ASSERT_EQ(i != 0, compiledModel.get_property(ov::loaded_from_cache));
-            }
             generate_inputs(targetStaticShapes.front());
             ASSERT_NO_THROW(infer());
         }
+        // cache is created and reused
+        ASSERT_EQ(ov::test::utils::listFilesWithExt(m_cacheFolderName, "blob").size(), 1);
         compare(originalOutputs, get_plugin_outputs());
-        // Destroy objects here
-        // AUTO plugin will wait all HW plugins to finish compiling model
-        // No impact for HW plugins
-        compiledModel = {};
-        inferRequest = {};
-        if (i == 0) {
-            // blob count should be greater than 0 initially
-            blobCountInitial = ov::test::utils::listFilesWithExt(m_cacheFolderName, "blob").size();
-            ASSERT_GT(blobCountInitial, 0);
-        } else {
-            // cache is created and reused. Blob count should be same as it was first time
-            blobCountAfterwards = ov::test::utils::listFilesWithExt(m_cacheFolderName, "blob").size();
-            ASSERT_EQ(blobCountInitial, blobCountAfterwards);
-        }
     }
     if ((targetDevice.find("GPU") != std::string::npos)) {
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(_WIN64)