diff --git a/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.params b/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.params
index 94339b4..07a5cff 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.params
+++ b/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.params
@@ -10,14 +10,15 @@
     # 13 - Create Scapy Components
     # 14 - Discover all hosts and Create a dictionary of hosts information
     # 15 - Discover hosts with scapy arping ( only discovers scapy hosts )
-    # 16 - Stop Mininet
+    # 16 - Balance ownership of switches
+    # 17 - Stop Mininet
     # 1000 - Test host intents
     # 2000 - Test point intents
     # 3000 - Test single to multi point intents
     # 4000 - Test multi to single point intents
     # 5000 - Test host mobility
 
-    <testcases>1,[2,10,12,13,15,1000,2000,5000,16]*2,[2,11,12,13,15,1000,2000,5000,16]*2</testcases>
+    <testcases>1,[2,10,12,13,15,16,1000,2000,5000,17]*2,[2,11,12,13,15,16,1000,2000,5000,17]*2</testcases>
 
     <SCALE>
         <size>1,3,1,3</size>
diff --git a/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.py b/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.py
index ede3459..1a32bc1 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/FUNCintentRest/FUNCintentRest.py
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@
                        " before initiating environment setup" )
 
         time.sleep( main.startUpSleep )
+
         main.step( "Uninstalling ONOS package" )
         onosUninstallResult = main.TRUE
         for ip in main.ONOSip:
@@ -178,6 +179,8 @@
                                  onpass="Successfully uninstalled ONOS package",
                                  onfail="Failed to uninstall ONOS package" )
 
+        time.sleep( main.startUpSleep )
+
         for i in range( main.maxNodes ):
             main.ONOSbench.onosDie( main.ONOSip[ i ] )
 
@@ -653,6 +656,21 @@
 
     def CASE16( self, main ):
         """
+            Balance Masters
+        """
+        main.case( "Balance mastership of switches" )
+        main.step( "Balancing mastership of switches" )
+
+        balanceResult = main.FALSE
+        balanceResult = utilities.retry( f=main.CLIs2[ 0 ].balanceMasters, retValue=main.FALSE, args=[] )
+
+        utilities.assert_equals( expect=main.TRUE,
+                                 actual=stepResult,
+                                 onpass="Successfully balanced mastership of switches",
+                                 onfail="Failed to balance mastership of switches" )
+
+    def CASE17( self, main ):
+        """
             Stop mininet and remove scapy hosts
         """
         main.log.report( "Stop Mininet and Scapy" )