diff --git a/test/core/fling/client.cc b/test/core/fling/client.cc
index 05dc3052d1b..2a7a5ca6232 100644
--- a/test/core/fling/client.cc
+++ b/test/core/fling/client.cc
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   gpr_timers_set_log_filename("latency_trace.fling_client.txt");
 
-  grpc_init();
-
   GPR_ASSERT(argc >= 1);
   fake_argv[0] = argv[0];
-  grpc_test_init(1, fake_argv);
+  grpc::testing::TestEnvironment env(1, fake_argv);
+
+  grpc_init();
 
   int warmup_seconds = 1;
   int benchmark_seconds = 5;
diff --git a/test/core/memory_usage/client.cc b/test/core/memory_usage/client.cc
index 3c3fa53b515..467586ea5f4 100644
--- a/test/core/memory_usage/client.cc
+++ b/test/core/memory_usage/client.cc
@@ -193,11 +193,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   gpr_cmdline* cl;
   grpc_event event;
 
-  grpc_init();
-
   GPR_ASSERT(argc >= 1);
   fake_argv[0] = argv[0];
-  grpc_test_init(1, fake_argv);
+  grpc::testing::TestEnvironment env(1, fake_argv);
+
+  grpc_init();
 
   int warmup_iterations = 100;
   int benchmark_iterations = 1000;
diff --git a/test/core/memory_usage/server.cc b/test/core/memory_usage/server.cc
index 6f8a9bc0d46..7424797e6f5 100644
--- a/test/core/memory_usage/server.cc
+++ b/test/core/memory_usage/server.cc
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 
   GPR_ASSERT(argc >= 1);
   fake_argv[0] = argv[0];
-  grpc_test_init(1, fake_argv);
+  grpc::testing::TestEnvironment env(1, fake_argv);
 
   grpc_init();
   srand(static_cast<unsigned>(clock()));