diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterimpl/tests/balancer_test.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterimpl/tests/balancer_test.go
index 61922ae5a447..0791f1438e65 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterimpl/tests/balancer_test.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterimpl/tests/balancer_test.go
@@ -335,6 +335,11 @@ func (s) TestLoadReportingPickFirstMultiLocality(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Stop server 1 and send one more rpc. Now the request should go to server 2.
 	server1.Stop()
+	// The first call may go to server 1 and fail, so we send two requests.
+	if _, err := client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}, grpc.Peer(&peer)); err != nil {
+		t.Logf("First rpc EmptyCall() failed: %v", err)
+	}
+
 	if _, err := client.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}, grpc.Peer(&peer)); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("rpc EmptyCall() failed: %v", err)
 	}