diff --git a/test/integration/roles/test_ec2_elb/tasks/main.yml b/test/integration/roles/test_ec2_elb/tasks/main.yml
index 30ada1955b0..97a25de5b5e 100644
--- a/test/integration/roles/test_ec2_elb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/test/integration/roles/test_ec2_elb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -89,24 +89,6 @@
 # ============================================================
 # shutdown http first instance so it goes out of service
 
-#- name: terminate first instance
-#  ec2:
-#    ec2_access_key: "{{ ec2_access_key }}"
-#    ec2_secret_key: "{{ ec2_secret_key }}"
-#    region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
-#    state: 'absent'
-#    instance_ids: "{{ ec2_provision_result.instance_ids[0] }}"
-#  register: result
-#
-#- name: assert the instance was terminated
-#  assert:
-#    that:
-#      - 'result.changed == True'
-#      - 'result.instance_ids[0] == ec2_provision_result.instance_ids[0]'
-#
-#- name: wait for the instance to die
-#  wait_for: port=80 host="{{ec2_provision_result.instances[0].public_ip}}" state=absent
-
 - name: "shutdown the apache service on the first instance ({{ec2_provision_result.instances[0].public_ip}})"
   service: name=httpd state=stopped
   remote_user: "ec2-user"
@@ -162,6 +144,26 @@
       - 'result.changed == True'
       - '"{{resource_prefix}}" in result.ansible_facts.ec2_elbs'
 
+# ============================================================
+# re-register the second instance (issue #4902)
+
+- name: re-register the second instance (issue #4902)
+  ec2_elb:
+    ec2_elbs: "{{ resource_prefix }}"
+    ec2_access_key: "{{ ec2_access_key }}"
+    ec2_secret_key: "{{ ec2_secret_key }}"
+    region: "{{ ec2_region }}"
+    instance_id: "{{ ec2_provision_result.instance_ids[1] }}"
+    state: present
+    wait_timeout: 300
+  register: result
+
+- name: assert the instance was re-registered ok
+  assert:
+    that:
+      - 'result.changed == True'
+      - '"{{resource_prefix}}" in result.ansible_facts.ec2_elbs'
+
 # ============================================================
 # remove all other instances
 
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@
     instance_id: "{{ item }}"
     state: absent
     wait_timeout: 300
-  with_items: "ec2_provision_result.instance_ids[2:]"
+  with_items: "ec2_provision_result.instance_ids[1:]"
   register: result
 
 - name: assert the other instances were removed