diff --git a/pkg/server/settingswatcher/settings_watcher.go b/pkg/server/settingswatcher/settings_watcher.go
index e28b72418ae1..c5c51702617b 100644
--- a/pkg/server/settingswatcher/settings_watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/server/settingswatcher/settings_watcher.go
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ type SettingsWatcher struct {
 		// inside secondary tenants. It will be uninitialized in a system
 		// tenant.
 		storageClusterVersion clusterversion.ClusterVersion
+
+		// Used by TestingRestart.
+		updateWait chan struct{}
 	}
 
 	// testingWatcherKnobs allows the client to inject testing knobs into
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ func New(
 	stopper *stop.Stopper,
 	storage Storage, // optional
 ) *SettingsWatcher {
-	return &SettingsWatcher{
+	s := &SettingsWatcher{
 		clock:    clock,
 		codec:    codec,
 		settings: settingsToUpdate,
@@ -94,6 +97,8 @@ func New(
 		dec:      MakeRowDecoder(codec),
 		storage:  storage,
 	}
+	s.mu.updateWait = make(chan struct{})
+	return s
 }
 
 // NewWithOverrides constructs a new SettingsWatcher which allows external
@@ -141,6 +146,9 @@ func (s *SettingsWatcher) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 			initialScan.done = true
 			close(initialScan.ch)
 		}
+		// Used by TestingRestart().
+		close(s.mu.updateWait)
+		s.mu.updateWait = make(chan struct{})
 	}
 
 	s.mu.values = make(map[settings.InternalKey]settingsValue)
@@ -248,9 +256,15 @@ func (s *SettingsWatcher) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 }
 
-func (w *SettingsWatcher) TestingRestart() {
-	if w.rfc != nil {
-		w.rfc.TestingRestart()
+// TestingRestart restarts the rangefeeds and waits for the initial
+// update after the rangefeed update to be processed.
+func (s *SettingsWatcher) TestingRestart() {
+	if s.rfc != nil {
+		s.mu.Lock()
+		waitCh := s.mu.updateWait
+		s.mu.Unlock()
+		s.rfc.TestingRestart()
+		<-waitCh
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/server/tenantsettingswatcher/watcher.go b/pkg/server/tenantsettingswatcher/watcher.go
index 9560f4c5b58e..83aadc5effa6 100644
--- a/pkg/server/tenantsettingswatcher/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/server/tenantsettingswatcher/watcher.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/log"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/startup"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/stop"
+	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/syncutil"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/errors"
 )
 
@@ -64,6 +65,11 @@ type Watcher struct {
 	// rfc provides access to the underlying rangefeedcache.Watcher for
 	// testing.
 	rfc *rangefeedcache.Watcher
+	mu  struct {
+		syncutil.Mutex
+		// Used by TestingRestart.
+		updateWait chan struct{}
+	}
 }
 
 // New constructs a new Watcher.
@@ -78,6 +84,7 @@ func New(
 		dec:     MakeRowDecoder(),
 	}
 	w.store.Init()
+	w.mu.updateWait = make(chan struct{})
 	return w
 }
 
@@ -162,6 +169,11 @@ func (w *Watcher) startRangeFeed(
 				initialScan.done = true
 				close(initialScan.ch)
 			}
+			// Used by TestingRestart().
+			w.mu.Lock()
+			defer w.mu.Unlock()
+			close(w.mu.updateWait)
+			w.mu.updateWait = make(chan struct{})
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -220,9 +232,15 @@ func (w *Watcher) WaitForStart(ctx context.Context) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// TestingRestart restarts the rangefeeds and waits for the initial
+// update after the rangefeed update to be processed.
 func (w *Watcher) TestingRestart() {
 	if w.rfc != nil {
+		w.mu.Lock()
+		waitCh := w.mu.updateWait
+		w.mu.Unlock()
 		w.rfc.TestingRestart()
+		<-waitCh
 	}
 }