diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/testing/watcher_tests.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/testing/watcher_tests.go
index 1a88249c77c..cec57f91090 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/testing/watcher_tests.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/testing/watcher_tests.go
@@ -192,8 +192,10 @@ func testWatch(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, store storage.Interface, recur
 }
 
 // RunTestWatchFromZero tests that
-// - watch from 0 should sync up and grab the object added before
-// - watch from 0 is able to return events for objects whose previous version has been compacted
+//   - watch from 0 should sync up and grab the object added before
+//   - For testing with etcd, watch from 0 is able to return events for objects
+//     whose previous version has been compacted. If testing with cacher, we
+//     expect compaction to be nil.
 func RunTestWatchFromZero(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, store storage.Interface, compaction Compaction) {
 	key, storedObj := testPropagateStore(ctx, t, store, &example.Pod{ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "foo", Namespace: "test-ns"}})
 
@@ -202,7 +204,6 @@ func RunTestWatchFromZero(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, store storage.Inter
 		t.Fatalf("Watch failed: %v", err)
 	}
 	testCheckResult(t, watch.Added, w, storedObj)
-	w.Stop()
 
 	// Update
 	out := &example.Pod{}
@@ -214,14 +215,24 @@ func RunTestWatchFromZero(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, store storage.Inter
 		t.Fatalf("GuaranteedUpdate failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// Check that we receive a modified watch event. This check also
+	// indirectly ensures that the cache is synced. This is important
+	// when testing with the Cacher since we may have to allow for slow
+	// processing by allowing updates to propagate to the watch cache.
+	// This allows for that.
+	testCheckResult(t, watch.Modified, w, out)
+	w.Stop()
+
 	// Make sure when we watch from 0 we receive an ADDED event
 	w, err = store.Watch(ctx, key, storage.ListOptions{ResourceVersion: "0", Predicate: storage.Everything})
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Watch failed: %v", err)
 	}
+
 	testCheckResult(t, watch.Added, w, out)
 	w.Stop()
 
+	// Compact previous versions
 	if compaction == nil {
 		t.Skip("compaction callback not provided")
 	}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go
index 6bb30764028..2e10e762ae7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/tests/cacher_test.go
@@ -337,7 +337,9 @@ func TestWatch(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestWatchFromZero(t *testing.T) {
-	// TODO(#109831): Enable use of this test and run it.
+	ctx, cacher, terminate := testSetup(t)
+	t.Cleanup(terminate)
+	storagetesting.RunTestWatchFromZero(ctx, t, cacher, nil)
 }
 
 func TestDeleteTriggerWatch(t *testing.T) {