diff --git a/queue/src/main/java/org/killbill/queue/DBBackedQueue.java b/queue/src/main/java/org/killbill/queue/DBBackedQueue.java
index 2b779ea2..e38470cb 100644
--- a/queue/src/main/java/org/killbill/queue/DBBackedQueue.java
+++ b/queue/src/main/java/org/killbill/queue/DBBackedQueue.java
@@ -286,12 +286,11 @@ public Void inTransaction(final QueueSqlDao<T> transactional, final TransactionS
                 final List<T> lateEntries = new LinkedList<T>();
                 for (final T entryLeftBehind : entriesLeftBehind) {
                     // entryIsBeingProcessedByThisNode is a sign of a stuck entry on this node
-                    final boolean entryIsBeingProcessedByThisNode = owner.equals(entryLeftBehind.getProcessingOwner());
                     // entryCreatedByThisNodeAndNeverProcessed is likely a sign of the queue being late
                     final boolean entryCreatedByThisNodeAndNeverProcessed = owner.equals(entryLeftBehind.getCreatingOwner()) && entryLeftBehind.getProcessingOwner() == null;
                     if (entryCreatedByThisNodeAndNeverProcessed) {
                         lateEntries.add(entryLeftBehind);
-                    } else { /* This includes entryIsBeingProcessedByThisNode. See https://github.com/killbill/killbill-commons/issues/169 */
+                    } else { /* This includes entryIsBeingProcessedByThisNode (owner.equals(entryLeftBehind.getProcessingOwner())). See https://github.com/killbill/killbill-commons/issues/169 */
                         // Set the status to REAPED in the history table
                         entryLeftBehind.setProcessingState(PersistentQueueEntryLifecycleState.REAPED);
                         entriesToReInsert.add(entryLeftBehind);
diff --git a/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/TestSetup.java b/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/TestSetup.java
index 21f05b36..3e32fc33 100644
--- a/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/TestSetup.java
+++ b/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/TestSetup.java
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ public class TestSetup {
 
     private static final String TEST_DB_PROPERTY_PREFIX = "org.killbill.billing.dbi.test.";
 
+    protected static final Long SEARCH_KEY_1 = 1L;
+    protected static final Long SEARCH_KEY_2 = 2L;
+
     protected EmbeddedDB embeddedDB;
 
     protected DBI dbi;
diff --git a/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaper.java b/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaper.java
index 1be72c40..3534acba 100644
--- a/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaper.java
+++ b/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaper.java
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@
 
 public class TestReaper extends TestSetup {
 
-    private static final Long SEARCH_KEY_1 = 1L;
-    private static final Long SEARCH_KEY_2 = 2L;
 
     private DBBackedQueue<BusEventModelDao> queue;
     private PersistentBusSqlDao sqlDao;
diff --git a/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaperIntegration.java b/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaperIntegration.java
index 4c09a8e4..879bfa7b 100644
--- a/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaperIntegration.java
+++ b/queue/src/test/java/org/killbill/queue/TestReaperIntegration.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 import org.killbill.TestSetup;
 import org.killbill.bus.DefaultPersistentBus;
 import org.killbill.bus.api.BusEvent;
+import org.killbill.bus.api.BusEventWithMetadata;
 import org.killbill.bus.api.PersistentBus.EventBusException;
 import org.killbill.bus.api.PersistentBusConfig;
 import org.killbill.bus.dao.BusEventModelDao;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 import org.killbill.commons.eventbus.Subscribe;
 import org.killbill.queue.api.PersistentQueueEntryLifecycleState;
 import org.skife.config.TimeSpan;
+import org.testng.Assert;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterMethod;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeMethod;
@@ -164,9 +166,17 @@ public void testWithStuckEntryProcessedByThisNode() throws EventBusException, Js
 
         // Trigger reaper
         clock.addDeltaFromReality(config.getReapThreshold().getMillis());
-        // It's a no-op though (it won't reap itself)
-        handler.ensureNotSeen(event2);
-        handler.assertSeenEvents(2);
+        // Give a chance to the reaper to run
+        Thread.sleep(500);
+
+        clock.addDeltaFromReality(1000);
+        handler.waitFor(event2);
+
+        // See https://github.com/killbill/killbill-commons/issues/169
+        handler.assertSeenEvents(3);
+        final Iterable<BusEventWithMetadata<BusEvent>> result = bus.getHistoricalBusEventsForSearchKey2(now, SEARCH_KEY_2);
+        final long nbItems = result.spliterator().getExactSizeIfKnown();
+        assertEquals(nbItems, 4);
     }
 
 
@@ -278,8 +288,8 @@ public DummyEvent(@JsonProperty("name") final String name,
 
         public DummyEvent() {
             this(UUID.randomUUID().toString(),
-                 System.currentTimeMillis(),
-                 System.currentTimeMillis(),
+                 SEARCH_KEY_1,
+                 SEARCH_KEY_2,
                  UUID.randomUUID());
         }