diff --git a/src/testdir/test_channel.vim b/src/testdir/test_channel.vim
index e270a4b..6fef421 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_channel.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_channel.vim
@@ -2580,6 +2580,11 @@
   call assert_equal({'id': 14, 'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'result': 'extra-hdr-fields'},
         \ resp)
 
+  " Test for processing delayed payload
+  let resp = ch_evalexpr(ch, #{method: 'delayed-payload', params: {}})
+  call assert_equal({'id': 15, 'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'result': 'delayed-payload'},
+        \ resp)
+
   " Test for processing a HTTP header without the Content-Length field
   let resp = ch_evalexpr(ch, #{method: 'hdr-without-len', params: {}},
         \ #{timeout: 200})
@@ -2629,13 +2634,6 @@
   call assert_equal([], g:lspNotif)
   " Restore the callback function
   call ch_setoptions(ch, #{callback: 'LspCb'})
-  let g:lspNotif = []
-  call ch_sendexpr(ch, #{method: 'echo', params: #{s: 'no-callback'}})
-  " Send a ping to wait for all the notification messages to arrive
-  call assert_equal('alive', ch_evalexpr(ch, #{method: 'ping'}).result)
-  call assert_equal([#{jsonrpc: '2.0', result:
-        \ #{method: 'echo', jsonrpc: '2.0', params: #{s: 'no-callback'}}}],
-        \ g:lspNotif)
 
   " " Test for sending a raw message
   " let g:lspNotif = []
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_channel_lsp.py b/src/testdir/test_channel_lsp.py
index 530258d..fb8ed22 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_channel_lsp.py
+++ b/src/testdir/test_channel_lsp.py
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@
         resp += s
         self.request.sendall(resp.encode('utf-8'))
 
+    def send_delayed_payload(self, msgid, resp_dict):
+        # test for sending the hdr first and then after some delay, send the
+        # payload
+        v = {'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'id': msgid, 'result': resp_dict}
+        s = json.dumps(v)
+        resp = "Content-Length: " + str(len(s)) + "\r\n"
+        resp += "\r\n"
+        self.request.sendall(resp.encode('utf-8'))
+        time.sleep(0.05)
+        resp = s
+        self.request.sendall(resp.encode('utf-8'))
+
     def send_hdr_without_len(self, msgid, resp_dict):
         # test for sending the http header without length
         v = {'jsonrpc': '2.0', 'id': msgid, 'result': resp_dict}
@@ -152,6 +164,9 @@
     def do_extra_hdr_fields(self, payload):
         self.send_extra_hdr_fields(payload['id'], 'extra-hdr-fields')
 
+    def do_delayad_payload(self, payload):
+        self.send_delayed_payload(payload['id'], 'delayed-payload')
+
     def do_hdr_without_len(self, payload):
         self.send_hdr_without_len(payload['id'], 'hdr-without-len')
 
@@ -186,6 +201,7 @@
                         'msg-specifc-cb': self.do_msg_specific_cb,
                         'server-req': self.do_server_req,
                         'extra-hdr-fields': self.do_extra_hdr_fields,
+                        'delayed-payload': self.do_delayad_payload,
                         'hdr-without-len': self.do_hdr_without_len,
                         'hdr-with-wrong-len': self.do_hdr_with_wrong_len,
                         'hdr-with-negative-len': self.do_hdr_with_negative_len,