diff --git a/src/profiling/SendCounterPacket.cpp b/src/profiling/SendCounterPacket.cpp
index e3a9b77..a9846c9 100644
--- a/src/profiling/SendCounterPacket.cpp
+++ b/src/profiling/SendCounterPacket.cpp
@@ -974,8 +974,8 @@
 
 void SendCounterPacket::Send(IProfilingConnection& profilingConnection)
 {
-    // Keep the sending procedure looping until the thread is signalled to stop
-    while (m_KeepRunning.load())
+    // Run once and keep the sending procedure looping until the thread is signalled to stop
+    do
     {
         // Check the current state of the profiling service
         ProfilingState currentState = m_StateMachine.GetCurrentState();
@@ -1054,7 +1054,7 @@
 
         // Send all the available packets in the buffer
         FlushBuffer(profilingConnection);
-    }
+    } while (m_KeepRunning.load());
 
     // Ensure that all readable data got written to the profiling connection before the thread is stopped
     // (do not notify any watcher in this case, as this is just to wrap up things before shutting down the send thread)
diff --git a/src/profiling/test/SendCounterPacketTests.cpp b/src/profiling/test/SendCounterPacketTests.cpp
index 740ea33..b4564fe 100644
--- a/src/profiling/test/SendCounterPacketTests.cpp
+++ b/src/profiling/test/SendCounterPacketTests.cpp
@@ -1793,8 +1793,6 @@
     sendCounterPacket.Start(mockProfilingConnection);
     BOOST_CHECK(sendCounterPacket.IsRunning());
 
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
-
     sendCounterPacket.Stop();
     BOOST_CHECK(!sendCounterPacket.IsRunning());
 }
@@ -1899,7 +1897,7 @@
 
     sendCounterPacket.SetReadyToRead();
 
-    // To test an exact value of the "read size" in the mock buffer, wait two seconds to allow the send thread to
+    // To test an exact value of the "read size" in the mock buffer, wait to allow the send thread to
     // read all what's remaining in the buffer
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
 
@@ -2022,7 +2020,7 @@
 
     sendCounterPacket.SetReadyToRead();
 
-    // To test an exact value of the "read size" in the mock buffer, wait two seconds to allow the send thread to
+    // To test an exact value of the "read size" in the mock buffer, wait to allow the send thread to
     // read all what's remaining in the buffer
     std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
 
@@ -2346,10 +2344,6 @@
     sendCounterPacket.Start(mockProfilingConnection);
 
     // The profiling state is set to "Uninitialized", so the send thread should throw an exception
-
-    // Wait a bit to make sure that the send thread is properly started
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
-
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(sendCounterPacket.Stop(), armnn::RuntimeException);
 }
 
@@ -2364,10 +2358,6 @@
     sendCounterPacket.Start(mockProfilingConnection);
 
     // The profiling state is set to "NotConnected", so the send thread should throw an exception
-
-    // Wait a bit to make sure that the send thread is properly started
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
-
     BOOST_CHECK_THROW(sendCounterPacket.Stop(), armnn::RuntimeException);
 }
 
@@ -2387,10 +2377,7 @@
     sendCounterPacket.Start(mockProfilingConnection);
 
     // The profiling state is set to "WaitingForAck", so the send thread should send a Stream Metadata packet
-
-    // Wait for a bit to make sure that we get the packet
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
-
+    // Wait for sendCounterPacket to join
     BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(sendCounterPacket.Stop());
 
     // Check that the buffer contains one Stream Metadata packet
@@ -2415,10 +2402,10 @@
     sendCounterPacket.Start(mockProfilingConnection);
 
     // The profiling state is set to "WaitingForAck", so the send thread should send a Stream Metadata packet
+    // Wait for sendCounterPacket to join
+    sendCounterPacket.Stop();
 
-    // Wait for a bit to make sure that we get the packet
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
-
+    sendCounterPacket.Start(mockProfilingConnection);
     // Check that the profiling state is still "WaitingForAck"
     BOOST_TEST((profilingStateMachine.GetCurrentState() == ProfilingState::WaitingForAck));
 
@@ -2432,8 +2419,8 @@
     // Try triggering a new buffer read
     sendCounterPacket.SetReadyToRead();
 
-    // Wait for a bit to make sure that we get the packet
-    std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(WAIT_UNTIL_READABLE_MS));
+    // Wait for sendCounterPacket to join
+    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(sendCounterPacket.Stop());
 
     // Check that the profiling state is still "WaitingForAck"
     BOOST_TEST((profilingStateMachine.GetCurrentState() == ProfilingState::WaitingForAck));
@@ -2441,8 +2428,6 @@
     // Check that the buffer contains one Stream Metadata packet
     BOOST_TEST(writtenData.size() == 1);
     BOOST_TEST(writtenData[0] == streamMetadataPacketsize);
-
-    BOOST_CHECK_NO_THROW(sendCounterPacket.Stop());
 }
 
 BOOST_AUTO_TEST_SUITE_END()