diff --git a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
index 8342e38ee..142f78d46 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/logparser/logparser_test.go
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
+	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf"
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
 
 func TestStartNoParsers(t *testing.T) {
@@ -56,32 +58,56 @@ func TestGrokParseLogFiles(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	acc := testutil.Accumulator{}
-	assert.NoError(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
-	acc.Wait(2)
+	require.NoError(t, logparser.Start(&acc))
+	acc.Wait(3)
 
 	logparser.Stop()
 
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "logparser_grok",
-		map[string]interface{}{
-			"clientip":      "192.168.1.1",
-			"myfloat":       float64(1.25),
-			"response_time": int64(5432),
-			"myint":         int64(101),
-		},
-		map[string]string{
-			"response_code": "200",
-			"path":          thisdir + "testdata/test_a.log",
-		})
+	expected := []telegraf.Metric{
+		testutil.MustMetric(
+			"logparser_grok",
+			map[string]string{
+				"response_code": "200",
+				"path":          thisdir + "testdata/test_a.log",
+			},
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"clientip":      "192.168.1.1",
+				"myfloat":       float64(1.25),
+				"response_time": int64(5432),
+				"myint":         int64(101),
+			},
+			time.Unix(0, 0),
+		),
+		testutil.MustMetric(
+			"logparser_grok",
+			map[string]string{
+				"path": thisdir + "testdata/test_b.log",
+			},
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"myfloat":    1.25,
+				"mystring":   "mystring",
+				"nomodifier": "nomodifier",
+			},
+			time.Unix(0, 0),
+		),
+		testutil.MustMetric(
+			"logparser_grok",
+			map[string]string{
+				"path":          thisdir + "testdata/test_c.log",
+				"response_code": "200",
+			},
+			map[string]interface{}{
+				"clientip":      "192.168.1.1",
+				"myfloat":       1.25,
+				"myint":         101,
+				"response_time": 5432,
+			},
+			time.Unix(0, 0),
+		),
+	}
 
-	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "logparser_grok",
-		map[string]interface{}{
-			"myfloat":    1.25,
-			"mystring":   "mystring",
-			"nomodifier": "nomodifier",
-		},
-		map[string]string{
-			"path": thisdir + "testdata/test_b.log",
-		})
+	testutil.RequireMetricsEqual(t, expected, acc.GetTelegrafMetrics(),
+		testutil.IgnoreTime(), testutil.SortMetrics())
 }
 
 func TestGrokParseLogFilesAppearLater(t *testing.T) {