diff --git a/integrations/api_helper_for_declarative_test.go b/integrations/api_helper_for_declarative_test.go
index 51335c821..b0031ef33 100644
--- a/integrations/api_helper_for_declarative_test.go
+++ b/integrations/api_helper_for_declarative_test.go
@@ -5,14 +5,17 @@
 package integrations
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/models"
 	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/auth"
+	"code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/queue"
 	api "code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/structs"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
@@ -225,11 +228,25 @@ func doAPIMergePullRequest(ctx APITestContext, owner, repo string, index int64)
 			Do:                string(models.MergeStyleMerge),
 		})
 
-		if ctx.ExpectedCode != 0 {
-			ctx.Session.MakeRequest(t, req, ctx.ExpectedCode)
-			return
+		resp := ctx.Session.MakeRequest(t, req, NoExpectedStatus)
+
+		if resp.Code == http.StatusMethodNotAllowed {
+			err := api.APIError{}
+			DecodeJSON(t, resp, &err)
+			assert.EqualValues(t, "Please try again later", err.Message)
+			queue.GetManager().FlushAll(context.Background(), 5*time.Second)
+			resp = ctx.Session.MakeRequest(t, req, NoExpectedStatus)
+		}
+
+		expected := ctx.ExpectedCode
+		if expected == 0 {
+			expected = 200
+		}
+
+		if !assert.EqualValues(t, expected, resp.Code,
+			"Request: %s %s", req.Method, req.URL.String()) {
+			logUnexpectedResponse(t, resp)
 		}
-		ctx.Session.MakeRequest(t, req, 200)
 	}
 }