diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index b0b6c3df1b..472861852c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ steps:
     MKL_THREADING_LAYER: GNU
 
   commands:
+    - set -e
     - python --version
     - pip --version
     - nvidia-smi
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f7a11aa7fa..fe57ec5574 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -76,12 +76,13 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Skip restore from `resume_from_checkpoint` in while `testing` ([#5161](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/5161))
+
 - Allowed `log_momentum` for adaptive optimizers in `LearningRateMonitor` ([#5333](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/5333))
 
 - Disabled checkpointing, earlystopping and logger with `fast_dev_run` ([#5277](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/5277))
 
 
-
 ## [1.1.2] - 2020-12-23
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
index 8472ff88f4..7fd7a571a4 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/model_checkpoint.py
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ class ModelCheckpoint(Callback):
             "best_model_score": self.best_model_score,
             "best_model_path": self.best_model_path,
             "current_score": self.current_score,
+            "dirpath": self.dirpath
         }
 
     def on_load_checkpoint(self, checkpointed_state: Dict[str, Any]):
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/rpc_plugin.py b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/rpc_plugin.py
index d9fb6df3d1..8a694557e1 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/plugins/rpc_plugin.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/plugins/rpc_plugin.py
@@ -18,10 +18,13 @@ import torch
 
 from pytorch_lightning.core.lightning import LightningModule
 from pytorch_lightning.plugins.ddp_plugin import DDPPlugin
-from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _RPC_AVAILABLE
+from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _RPC_AVAILABLE, _module_available
 
+DEFAULT_RPC_TIMEOUT_SEC = 60.
 if _RPC_AVAILABLE:
     from torch.distributed import rpc
+    if _module_available("torch.distributed.rpc.constants") and hasattr(torch.distributed.rpc.constants, "DEFAULT_RPC_TIMEOUT_SEC"):
+        from torch.distributed.rpc.constants import DEFAULT_RPC_TIMEOUT_SEC
 
 
 class RPCPlugin(DDPPlugin):
@@ -33,7 +36,8 @@ class RPCPlugin(DDPPlugin):
     that need to be addressed when using RPC communication when building custom RPC Plugins.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, rpc_timeout_sec: float = DEFAULT_RPC_TIMEOUT_SEC, **kwargs):
+        self.rpc_timeout_sec = rpc_timeout_sec
         self.rpc_initialized = False
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
 
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@ class RPCPlugin(DDPPlugin):
                             world_size: int) -> None:
         os.environ['MASTER_PORT'] = os.getenv('RPC_MASTER_PORT', '15000')
         rpc.init_rpc(f"worker{global_rank}", rank=global_rank, world_size=world_size)
+        rpc._set_rpc_timeout(self.rpc_timeout_sec)
         self.rpc_initialized = True
 
     def rpc_save_model(self,
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/checkpoint_connector.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/checkpoint_connector.py
index 6c7d3994f8..58c596181f 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/checkpoint_connector.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/connectors/checkpoint_connector.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ from typing import Optional, Union
 import torch
 
 import pytorch_lightning
+from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import ModelCheckpoint
 from pytorch_lightning.core.lightning import LightningModule
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities import _APEX_AVAILABLE, AMPType, _OMEGACONF_AVAILABLE, rank_zero_info, rank_zero_warn
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.cloud_io import atomic_save, get_filesystem
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ class CheckpointConnector:
             rank_zero_info(f'restored hpc model from: {checkpoint_path}')
 
         # 2. Attempt to restore states from `resume_from_checkpoint` file
-        elif self.trainer.resume_from_checkpoint is not None:
+        elif self.trainer.resume_from_checkpoint is not None and not self.trainer.testing:
             self.restore(self.trainer.resume_from_checkpoint, on_gpu=self.trainer.on_gpu)
 
         # wait for all to catch up
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_loop.py b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_loop.py
index 99eb4c52b1..64eb224a42 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_loop.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/trainer/training_loop.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class TrainLoop:
         # if cluster resets state, the model will update with the saved weights
         self.trainer.model = model
 
-        # restore training and model before hpc is called
+        # restore training state and model weights before hpc is called
         self.trainer.checkpoint_connector.restore_weights(model)
 
         # on pretrain routine end
diff --git a/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py b/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
index 7fb62637e1..8926f98b43 100644
--- a/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
+++ b/tests/checkpointing/test_model_checkpoint.py
@@ -11,20 +11,20 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from argparse import Namespace
 import os
+from pathlib import Path
 import pickle
 import platform
 import re
-from argparse import Namespace
-from pathlib import Path
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import Mock
 
 import cloudpickle
+from omegaconf import Container, OmegaConf
 import pytest
 import torch
 import yaml
-from omegaconf import Container, OmegaConf
 
 import pytorch_lightning as pl
 import tests.base.develop_utils as tutils
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ from pytorch_lightning.loggers import TensorBoardLogger
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.cloud_io import load as pl_load
 from pytorch_lightning.utilities.exceptions import MisconfigurationException
 from tests.base import BoringModel
+import tests.base.develop_utils as tutils
 
 
 class LogInTwoMethods(BoringModel):
@@ -745,9 +746,9 @@ def test_checkpoint_repeated_strategy_extended(enable_pl_optimizer, tmpdir):
         model = ExtendedBoringModel()
         trainer.test(model)
         assert not trainer.checkpoint_connector.has_trained
-        assert trainer.global_step == epochs * limit_train_batches
-        assert trainer.current_epoch == epochs
-
+        # resume_from_checkpoint is resumed when calling `.fit`
+        assert trainer.global_step == 0
+        assert trainer.current_epoch == 0
         trainer.fit(model)
         assert not trainer.checkpoint_connector.has_trained
         assert trainer.global_step == epochs * limit_train_batches
diff --git a/tests/checkpointing/test_trainer_checkpoint.py b/tests/checkpointing/test_trainer_checkpoint.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e93a8c297
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/checkpointing/test_trainer_checkpoint.py
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+# Copyright The PyTorch Lightning team.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+from copy import deepcopy
+import os
+
+import torch
+
+import pytorch_lightning as pl
+from pytorch_lightning import seed_everything, Trainer
+from pytorch_lightning.callbacks import ModelCheckpoint
+from pytorch_lightning.utilities.cloud_io import load as pl_load
+from tests.base import BoringModel
+
+
+def test_finetuning_with_resume_from_checkpoint(tmpdir):
+    """
+    This test validates that generated ModelCheckpoint is pointing to the right best_model_path during test
+    """
+
+    seed_everything(3)
+
+    checkpoint_callback = ModelCheckpoint(monitor='val_loss', dirpath=tmpdir, filename="{epoch:02d}", save_top_k=-1)
+
+    class ExtendedBoringModel(BoringModel):
+
+        def configure_optimizers(self):
+            optimizer = torch.optim.SGD(self.layer.parameters(), lr=0.001)
+            lr_scheduler = torch.optim.lr_scheduler.StepLR(optimizer, step_size=1)
+            return [optimizer], [lr_scheduler]
+
+        def validation_step(self, batch, batch_idx):
+            output = self.layer(batch)
+            loss = self.loss(batch, output)
+            self.log("val_loss", loss, on_epoch=True, prog_bar=True)
+
+    model = ExtendedBoringModel()
+    model.validation_epoch_end = None
+    trainer = Trainer(
+        default_root_dir=tmpdir,
+        max_epochs=1,
+        limit_train_batches=12,
+        limit_val_batches=6,
+        limit_test_batches=12,
+        callbacks=[checkpoint_callback],
+        logger=False,
+    )
+    trainer.fit(model)
+    assert os.listdir(tmpdir) == ['epoch=00.ckpt']
+
+    best_model_paths = [checkpoint_callback.best_model_path]
+    results = []
+
+    for idx in range(3, 6):
+        # load from checkpoint
+        trainer = pl.Trainer(
+            default_root_dir=tmpdir,
+            max_epochs=idx,
+            limit_train_batches=12,
+            limit_val_batches=12,
+            limit_test_batches=12,
+            resume_from_checkpoint=best_model_paths[-1],
+            progress_bar_refresh_rate=0,
+        )
+        trainer.fit(model)
+        trainer.test()
+        results.append(deepcopy(trainer.callback_metrics))
+        best_model_paths.append(trainer.checkpoint_callback.best_model_path)
+
+    for idx in range(len(results) - 1):
+        assert results[idx]["val_loss"] > results[idx + 1]["val_loss"]
+
+    for idx, best_model_path in enumerate(best_model_paths):
+        if idx == 0:
+            assert best_model_path.endswith(f"epoch=0{idx}.ckpt")
+        else:
+            assert f"epoch={idx + 1}" in best_model_path
diff --git a/tests/plugins/test_ddp_sequential_plugin.py b/tests/plugins/test_ddp_sequential_plugin.py
index 966b58c63e..460d195f67 100644
--- a/tests/plugins/test_ddp_sequential_plugin.py
+++ b/tests/plugins/test_ddp_sequential_plugin.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ def test_ddp_sequential_plugin_ddp_rpc_manual(tmpdir, args=None):
         limit_test_batches=2,
         gpus=2,
         distributed_backend="ddp",
-        plugins=[DDPSequentialPlugin(balance=[2, 1])],
+        plugins=[DDPSequentialPlugin(balance=[2, 1], rpc_timeout_sec=5 * 60)],
+        enable_pl_optimizer=True,
     )
 
     trainer.fit(model)
diff --git a/tests/special_tests.sh b/tests/special_tests.sh
index 950e3776bb..8d67cce28b 100644
--- a/tests/special_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/special_tests.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 # Running special tests
+set -e
 export PL_RUNNING_SPECIAL_TESTS=1
 DEFAULTS="-m coverage run --source pytorch_lightning -a -m pytest --verbose --capture=no"
 python ${DEFAULTS} tests/trainer/optimization/test_manual_optimization.py::test_step_with_optimizer_closure_with_different_frequencies_ddp