diff --git a/cp3pt0-deployment/common/utils.sh b/cp3pt0-deployment/common/utils.sh
index c0a0e4efe..af039adb6 100644
--- a/cp3pt0-deployment/common/utils.sh
+++ b/cp3pt0-deployment/common/utils.sh
@@ -483,6 +483,25 @@ function wait_for_deployment() {
     wait_for_condition "${condition}" ${retries} ${sleep_time} "${wait_message}" "${success_message}" "${error_message}"
 }
 
+function wait_for_licensing_instance_deployment() {
+    # Retry and wait for the licensing instance to be available
+    retries=10
+    while [[ $retries -gt 0 ]]; do
+        echo "Wait for licensing deployment to be ready..."
+        sleep 30
+        ns=$("$OC" get deployments -A | grep ibm-licensing-service-instance | cut -d ' ' -f1)
+
+        if [ -z "$ns" ]; then
+            info "RETRYING: Waiting for Deployment ibm-licensing-service-instance to be ready (${retries} left)"
+        else
+          break
+        fi
+
+        ((retries--))
+    done
+
+}
+
 function wait_for_operator_upgrade() {
     local namespace=$1
     local package_name=$2
diff --git a/cp3pt0-deployment/setup_singleton.sh b/cp3pt0-deployment/setup_singleton.sh
index 032e8693d..149fe492e 100755
--- a/cp3pt0-deployment/setup_singleton.sh
+++ b/cp3pt0-deployment/setup_singleton.sh
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ function is_migrate_licensing() {
     fi
 
     title "Check migrating LTSR ibm-licensing-operator"
+    wait_for_licensing_instance_deployment
     local ns=$("$OC" get deployments -A | grep ibm-licensing-service-instance | cut -d ' ' -f1)
     if [ -z "$ns" ]; then
         info "No LTSR ibm-licensing-operator to migrate, skipping"