diff --git a/tests/integ/modin/test_session_cte_optimization.py b/tests/integ/modin/test_session_cte_optimization.py
index 74e251ed8d..3c3a944502 100644
--- a/tests/integ/modin/test_session_cte_optimization.py
+++ b/tests/integ/modin/test_session_cte_optimization.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 
 import logging
-import pandas as native_pd
 import threading
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from typing import Any, Generator
@@ -16,6 +15,10 @@
 
 from tests.integ.utils.sql_counter import sql_count_checker
 
+_MULTITHREAD_SESSION_WARNING = (
+    "You might have more than one threads sharing the Session object trying to update"
+)
+
 
 @contextmanager
 def session_parameter_override(
@@ -31,29 +34,32 @@ def session_parameter_override(
 
 
 @sql_count_checker(query_count=0)
-def test_cte_optimization_for_snowpark_pandas(db_parameters, caplog):
+def test_cte_optimization_for_snowpark_pandas(caplog):
     session = _get_active_session()
 
     caplog.set_level(logging.WARNING)
 
-    # Creating a dataframe ensures that another thread is running which triggers the warning
-    session.create_dataframe(
-        native_pd.DataFrame([[1, 11], [2, 12], [2, 13]], columns=["A", "B"])
-    )
-    assert len(threading.enumerate()) > 1
-
-    # Use context manager to temporarily disable CTE optimization
-    with session_parameter_override(session, "cte_optimization_enabled", False):
-        assert session.cte_optimization_enabled is False
+    # The multithreading warning is emitted only while another thread is alive.
+    stop = threading.Event()
+    extra_thread = threading.Thread(target=stop.wait, name="cte-opt-warning-probe")
+    extra_thread.start()
+    try:
+        assert len(threading.enumerate()) > 1
 
         caplog.clear()
+        session.cte_optimization_enabled = session.cte_optimization_enabled
+        assert _MULTITHREAD_SESSION_WARNING in caplog.text
 
-        # Verify that cte optimization will be enabled once snowpark pandas is used
-        assert pd.session == session
-        assert pd.session.cte_optimization_enabled is True
+        with session_parameter_override(session, "cte_optimization_enabled", False):
+            assert session.cte_optimization_enabled is False
 
-        # Verify that the warning is filtered out
-        assert (
-            "You might have more than one threads sharing the Session object trying to update"
-            not in caplog.text
-        )
+            caplog.clear()
+
+            assert pd.session == session
+            assert pd.session.cte_optimization_enabled is True
+
+            assert _MULTITHREAD_SESSION_WARNING not in caplog.text
+    finally:
+        stop.set()
+        extra_thread.join(timeout=5)
+        assert not extra_thread.is_alive()