diff --git a/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py b/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py
index e55fa1af90e8..e4b69ef63a27 100644
--- a/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py
+++ b/tests/python/unittest/test_ndarray.py
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ def test_iter():
     for i in range(x.size):
         assert same(y[i].asnumpy(), x[i].asnumpy())
 
-@unittest.skip("test fails intermittently. temporarily disabled till it gets fixed. tracked at https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/8049")
+@with_seed()
 def test_cached():
     sym = mx.sym.Convolution(kernel=(3, 3), num_filter=10) + 2
     op = mx.nd.CachedOp(sym)