diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/server_crash_test_client.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/server_crash_test_client.cc
index 1964840fa52..ece948d5a73 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/server_crash_test_client.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/server_crash_test_client.cc
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
   EchoRequest request;
   EchoResponse response;
   grpc::ClientContext context;
+  context.set_fail_fast(false);
 
   if (FLAGS_mode == "bidi") {
     auto stream = stub->BidiStream(&context);