diff --git a/xds/internal/xdsclient/loadreport_test.go b/xds/internal/xdsclient/loadreport_test.go
index 90e29f65a80a..afdb7c607485 100644
--- a/xds/internal/xdsclient/loadreport_test.go
+++ b/xds/internal/xdsclient/loadreport_test.go
@@ -132,8 +132,20 @@ func (s) TestLRSClient(t *testing.T) {
 	// Cancel this load reporting stream, server should see error canceled.
 	lrsCancel2()
 
-	// Server should receive a stream canceled error.
-	if u, err := fs2.LRSRequestChan.Receive(ctx); err != nil || status.Code(u.(*fakeserver.Request).Err) != codes.Canceled {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected LRS request: %v, %v, want error canceled", u, err)
+	// Server should receive a stream canceled error. There may be additional
+	// load reports from the client in the channel.
+	for {
+		u, err := fs2.LRSRequestChan.Receive(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("unexpected error while reading LRS request: %v", err)
+		}
+		// Ignore load reports sent before the stream was cancelled.
+		if u.(*fakeserver.Request).Err == nil {
+			continue
+		}
+		if status.Code(u.(*fakeserver.Request).Err) != codes.Canceled {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected LRS request: %v, want error canceled", u)
+		}
+		break
 	}
 }