diff --git a/test/xds/xds_server_test.go b/test/xds/xds_server_test.go
index 7d87484f4479..911e28df47bf 100644
--- a/test/xds/xds_server_test.go
+++ b/test/xds/xds_server_test.go
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ func (s) TestServeLDSRDS(t *testing.T) {
 // waitForFailedRPCWithStatusCode makes Unary RPC's until it receives the
 // expected status in a polling manner. Fails if the RPC made does not return
 // the expected status before the context expires.
-func waitForFailedRPCWithStatusCode(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cc *grpc.ClientConn, st ...*status.Status) {
+func waitForFailedRPCWithStatusCode(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cc *grpc.ClientConn, sts ...*status.Status) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	c := testgrpc.NewTestServiceClient(cc)
@@ -150,9 +150,12 @@ func waitForFailedRPCWithStatusCode(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, cc *grpc.
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			t.Fatalf("failure when waiting for RPCs to fail with certain status %v: %v. most recent error received from RPC: %v", st, ctx.Err(), err.Error())
 		case <-ticker.C:
-			if _, err = c.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{}); status.Code(err) == st.Code() && strings.Contains(err.Error(), st.Message()) {
-				t.Logf("most recent error happy case: %v", err.Error())
-				return
+			_, err = c.EmptyCall(ctx, &testpb.Empty{})
+			for _, st := range sts {
+				if status.Code(err) == st.Code() && strings.Contains(err.Error(), st.Message()) {
+					t.Logf("most recent error happy case: %v", err.Error())
+					return
+				}
 			}
 		}
 	}