@@ -413,24 +413,23 @@ func (s *DockerExternalVolumeSuite) TestExternalVolumeDriverLookupNotBlocked(c *

 func (s *DockerExternalVolumeSuite) TestExternalVolumeDriverRetryNotImmediatelyExists(c *check.C) {

 	s.d.StartWithBusybox(c)

-

-	specPath := "/etc/docker/plugins/test-external-volume-driver-retry.spec"

-	os.RemoveAll(specPath)

-	defer os.RemoveAll(specPath)

+	driverName := "test-external-volume-driver-retry"

 	errchan := make(chan error)

+	started := make(chan struct{})

 	go func() {

-		if out, err := s.d.Cmd("run", "--rm", "--name", "test-data-retry", "-v", "external-volume-test:/tmp/external-volume-test", "--volume-driver", "test-external-volume-driver-retry", "busybox:latest"); err != nil {

+		close(started)

+		if out, err := s.d.Cmd("run", "--rm", "--name", "test-data-retry", "-v", "external-volume-test:/tmp/external-volume-test", "--volume-driver", driverName, "busybox:latest"); err != nil {

 			errchan <- fmt.Errorf("%v:\n%s", err, out)

 		}

 		close(errchan)

 	}()

-	go func() {

-		// wait for a retry to occur, then create spec to allow plugin to register

-		time.Sleep(2000 * time.Millisecond)

-		// no need to check for an error here since it will get picked up by the timeout later

-		ioutil.WriteFile(specPath, []byte(s.Server.URL), 0644)

-	}()

+

+	<-started

+	// wait for a retry to occur, then create spec to allow plugin to register

+	time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)

+	p := newVolumePlugin(c, driverName)

+	defer p.Close()

 	select {

 	case err := <-errchan:

@@ -442,11 +441,11 @@ func (s *DockerExternalVolumeSuite) TestExternalVolumeDriverRetryNotImmediatelyE

 	_, err := s.d.Cmd("volume", "rm", "external-volume-test")

 	c.Assert(err, checker.IsNil)

-	c.Assert(s.ec.activations, checker.Equals, 1)

-	c.Assert(s.ec.creations, checker.Equals, 1)

-	c.Assert(s.ec.removals, checker.Equals, 1)

-	c.Assert(s.ec.mounts, checker.Equals, 1)

-	c.Assert(s.ec.unmounts, checker.Equals, 1)

+	c.Assert(p.ec.activations, checker.Equals, 1)

+	c.Assert(p.ec.creations, checker.Equals, 1)

+	c.Assert(p.ec.removals, checker.Equals, 1)

+	c.Assert(p.ec.mounts, checker.Equals, 1)

+	c.Assert(p.ec.unmounts, checker.Equals, 1)

 }

 func (s *DockerExternalVolumeSuite) TestExternalVolumeDriverBindExternalVolume(c *check.C) {