diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts
index 315b8590a80d1..b7180fcefdc31 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/apps/ml/short_tests/model_management/model_list.ts
@@ -477,8 +477,7 @@ export default function ({ getService }: FtrProviderContext) {
         await ml.navigation.navigateToTrainedModels();
       });
 
-      // FLAKY: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/175443
-      describe.skip('with imported models', function () {
+      describe('with imported models', function () {
         before(async () => {
           await ml.navigation.navigateToTrainedModels();
         });
diff --git a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/trained_models_table.ts b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/trained_models_table.ts
index b1a686b411c70..7470402503bfc 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/trained_models_table.ts
+++ b/x-pack/test/functional/services/ml/trained_models_table.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export interface TrainedModelRowData {
 export type MlTrainedModelsTable = ProvidedType<typeof TrainedModelsTableProvider>;
 
 export function TrainedModelsTableProvider(
-  { getService }: FtrProviderContext,
+  { getPageObject, getService }: FtrProviderContext,
   mlCommonUI: MlCommonUI,
   trainedModelsActions: TrainedModelsActions
 ) {
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ export function TrainedModelsTableProvider(
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const find = getService('find');
   const browser = getService('browser');
+  const headerPage = getPageObject('header');
 
   return new (class ModelsTable {
     public async parseModelsTable() {
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ export function TrainedModelsTableProvider(
     }
 
     public async doesModelCollapsedActionsButtonExist(modelId: string): Promise<boolean> {
+      await headerPage.waitUntilLoadingHasFinished();
       return await testSubjects.exists(this.rowSelector(modelId, 'euiCollapsedItemActionsButton'));
     }