diff --git a/src/common/common.h b/src/common/common.h
index 1a05f89240a5..dada96b247e5 100644
--- a/src/common/common.h
+++ b/src/common/common.h
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <inttypes.h>
+#include <execinfo.h>
 
 #ifndef RAY_COMMON_DEBUG
 #define LOG_DEBUG(M, ...)
@@ -21,21 +22,18 @@
 #define LOG_INFO(M, ...) \
   fprintf(stderr, "[INFO] (%s:%d) " M "\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
-#define CHECK(COND)                        \
-  do {                                     \
-    if (!(COND)) {                         \
-      LOG_ERR("Check failure: %s", #COND); \
-      exit(-1);                            \
-    }                                      \
+#define CHECKM(COND, M, ...)                                                \
+  do {                                                                      \
+    if (!(COND)) {                                                          \
+      LOG_ERR("Check failure: %s \n" M, #COND, ##__VA_ARGS__);              \
+      void *buffer[255];                                                    \
+      const int calls = backtrace(buffer, sizeof(buffer) / sizeof(void *)); \
+      backtrace_symbols_fd(buffer, calls, 1);                               \
+      exit(-1);                                                             \
+    }                                                                       \
   } while (0);
 
-#define CHECKM(COND, M, ...)                                   \
-  do {                                                         \
-    if (!(COND)) {                                             \
-      LOG_ERR("Check failure: %s \n" M, #COND, ##__VA_ARGS__); \
-      exit(-1);                                                \
-    }                                                          \
-  } while (0);
+#define CHECK(COND) CHECKM(COND, "")
 
 /** This macro indicates that this pointer owns the data it is pointing to
  *  and is responsible for freeing it. */
diff --git a/src/plasma/test/manager_tests.c b/src/plasma/test/manager_tests.c
index 0babf7e9bac3..6f4a0233214a 100644
--- a/src/plasma/test/manager_tests.c
+++ b/src/plasma/test/manager_tests.c
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include <poll.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/socket.h>
 
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ const char *store_socket_name = "/tmp/store12345";
 const char *manager_socket_name = "/tmp/manager12345";
 object_id oid;
 
+void wait_for_pollin(int fd) {
+  struct pollfd poll_list[1];
+  poll_list[0].fd = fd;
+  poll_list[0].events = POLLIN;
+  int retval = poll(poll_list, (unsigned long) 1, -1);
+  CHECK(retval > 0);
+}
+
 int test_done_handler(event_loop *loop, timer_id id, void *context) {
   event_loop_stop(loop);
   return AE_NOMORE;
@@ -59,6 +68,7 @@ plasma_mock *init_plasma_mock(int port, plasma_mock *remote_mock) {
   if (remote_mock != NULL) {
     mock->write_conn =
         get_manager_connection(remote_mock->state, manager_addr, port);
+    wait_for_pollin(mock->manager_remote_fd);
     mock->read_conn = new_client_connection(mock->loop, mock->manager_remote_fd,
                                             mock->state, 0);
   } else {
@@ -68,6 +78,7 @@ plasma_mock *init_plasma_mock(int port, plasma_mock *remote_mock) {
   /* Connect a new client to the local plasma manager and mock a request to an
    * object. */
   mock->plasma_conn = plasma_connect(store_socket_name, manager_socket_name);
+  wait_for_pollin(mock->manager_local_fd);
   mock->client_conn =
       new_client_connection(mock->loop, mock->manager_local_fd, mock->state, 0);
   return mock;
@@ -228,6 +239,9 @@ TEST read_write_object_chunk_test(void) {
    * - Check that the data matches.
    */
   write_object_chunk(remote_mock->write_conn, &remote_buf);
+  /* Wait until the data is ready to be read. */
+  wait_for_pollin(get_client_sock(remote_mock->read_conn));
+  /* Read the data. */
   int done = read_object_chunk(remote_mock->read_conn, &local_buf);
   ASSERT(done);
   ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(remote_buf.data, local_buf.data, data_size), 0);