diff --git a/tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt b/tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt
index ac2ded84fd37..7e92cea4df57 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt
+++ b/tests/integration/test_lists/waives.txt
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_integration.py::test_sage_attention_se
 unittest/_torch/visual_gen/test_attention_integration.py::test_sage_attention_self_attention[int8-2-1560] SKIP (https://nvbugs/6198760)
 unittest/auto_deploy/multigpu/custom_ops SKIP (https://nvbugs/6403920)
 unittest/disaggregated/test_kv_transfer.py::test_transfer_worker_v2[tp4_pp1_to_tp2_pp2] SKIP (https://nvbugs/6426834)
-unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py::test_pool_session_shutdown_never_blocks_after_release SKIP (https://nvbugs/6480574)
 unittest/executor/test_rpc.py::TestRpcCorrectness::test_incremental_task_async SKIP (https://nvbugs/5741476)
 unittest/executor/test_rpc_proxy.py SKIP (https://nvbugs/5605741)
 unittest/executor/test_rpc_worker.py SKIP (https://nvbugs/5605741)
diff --git a/tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py b/tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py
index df9756307917..0032bc393cd2 100644
--- a/tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py
+++ b/tests/unittest/executor/test_proxy_fast_death.py
@@ -524,6 +524,14 @@ def test_pool_session_shutdown_never_blocks_after_release():
     pool = _Mock()
     pool._pool.thread = None  # no real manager thread to deregister
     session.mpi_pool = pool
+    # __init__ is bypassed above; seed the attributes that shutdown() reads
+    # so the test exercises the release/shutdown contract, not attribute
+    # lookup on a raw-constructed session. Keep them minimal:
+    #   * n_workers is only used by shutdown()'s log line.
+    #   * _wait_shutdown gates the post-shutdown worker-exit barrier;
+    #     the test targets the blocking-join guard, so leave it off.
+    session.n_workers = 1
+    session._wait_shutdown = False
 
     session.release_exit_joins()
     session.shutdown()  # owner asks for the default blocking shutdown