diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/client.h b/test/cpp/qps/client.h
index 2dc5b3860f3..45481a39180 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/client.h
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/client.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #define TEST_QPS_CLIENT_H
 
 #include "test/cpp/qps/histogram.h"
+#include "test/cpp/qps/interarrival.h"
 #include "test/cpp/qps/timer.h"
 #include "test/cpp/qps/qpstest.grpc.pb.h"
 
@@ -46,7 +47,8 @@ namespace testing {
 
 class Client {
  public:
-  explicit Client(const ClientConfig& config) : timer_(new Timer) {
+  explicit Client(const ClientConfig& config) : timer_(new Timer),
+    interarrival_timer_() {
     for (int i = 0; i < config.client_channels(); i++) {
       channels_.push_back(ClientChannelInfo(
           config.server_targets(i % config.server_targets_size()), config));
@@ -105,7 +107,60 @@ class Client {
   void EndThreads() { threads_.clear(); }
 
   virtual bool ThreadFunc(Histogram* histogram, size_t thread_idx) = 0;
+  
+  void SetupLoadTest(const ClientConfig& config, size_t num_threads) {
+    // Set up the load distribution based on the number of threads
+    if (config.load_type() == CLOSED_LOOP) {
+      closed_loop_ = true;
+    }
+    else {
+      closed_loop_ = false;
+
+      std::unique_ptr<RandomDist> random_dist;
+      auto& load = config.load_params();
+      switch (config.load_type()) {
+        case POISSON:
+          random_dist.reset
+              (new ExpDist(load.poisson().offered_load()/num_threads));
+          break;
+        case UNIFORM:
+          random_dist.reset
+              (new UniformDist(load.uniform().interarrival_lo()*num_threads,
+                               load.uniform().interarrival_hi()*num_threads));
+          break;
+        case DETERMINISTIC:
+          random_dist.reset
+              (new DetDist(num_threads/load.determ().offered_load()));
+          break;
+        case PARETO:
+          random_dist.reset
+              (new ParetoDist(load.pareto().interarrival_base()*num_threads,
+                              load.pareto().alpha()));
+          break;
+        default:
+          GPR_ASSERT(false);
+          break;
+      }
 
+      interarrival_timer_.init(*random_dist, num_threads);
+      for (size_t i = 0; i<num_threads; i++) {
+        next_time_.push_back(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now()
+                             + interarrival_timer_(i));
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  template<class Timepoint>
+    bool NextIssueTime(int thread_idx, Timepoint *time_delay) {
+    if (closed_loop_) {
+      return false;
+    }
+    else {
+      *time_delay = next_time_[thread_idx];
+      next_time_[thread_idx] += interarrival_timer_(thread_idx);
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  
  private:
   class Thread {
    public:
@@ -166,6 +221,11 @@ class Client {
 
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Thread>> threads_;
   std::unique_ptr<Timer> timer_;
+
+  bool closed_loop_;
+  InterarrivalTimer interarrival_timer_;
+  std::vector<std::chrono::time_point
+             <std::chrono::high_resolution_clock>> next_time_;
 };
 
 std::unique_ptr<Client>
diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc b/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
index 609d0034603..8573ddb542c 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
@@ -66,70 +66,25 @@ namespace testing {
 
 class SynchronousClient : public Client {
  public:
-  SynchronousClient(const ClientConfig& config) : Client(config),
-                                                  interarrival_timer_() {
+  SynchronousClient(const ClientConfig& config) : Client(config) {
     num_threads_ =
       config.outstanding_rpcs_per_channel() * config.client_channels();
     responses_.resize(num_threads_);
-
-    // Now sort out the load test type
-    if (config.load_type() == CLOSED_LOOP) {
-      closed_loop_ = true;
-    }
-    else {
-      closed_loop_ = false;
-
-      std::unique_ptr<RandomDist> random_dist;
-      auto& load = config.load_params();
-      switch (config.load_type()) {
-        case POISSON:
-          random_dist.reset
-              (new ExpDist(load.poisson().offered_load()/num_threads_));
-          break;
-        case UNIFORM:
-          random_dist.reset
-              (new UniformDist(load.uniform().interarrival_lo()*num_threads_,
-                               load.uniform().interarrival_hi()*num_threads_));
-          break;
-        case DETERMINISTIC:
-          random_dist.reset
-              (new DetDist(num_threads_/load.determ().offered_load()));
-          break;
-        case PARETO:
-          random_dist.reset
-              (new ParetoDist(load.pareto().interarrival_base()*num_threads_,
-                              load.pareto().alpha()));
-          break;
-        default:
-          GPR_ASSERT(false);
-          break;
-      }
-
-      interarrival_timer_.init(*random_dist, num_threads_);
-      for (size_t i = 0; i<num_threads_; i++) {
-        next_time_.push_back(std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now()
-                             + interarrival_timer_(i));
-      }
-    }
+    SetupLoadTest(config, num_threads_);
   }
 
   virtual ~SynchronousClient() { EndThreads(); }
 
  protected:
   void WaitToIssue(int thread_idx) {
-    if (!closed_loop_) {
-      std::this_thread::sleep_until(next_time_[thread_idx]);
-      next_time_[thread_idx] += interarrival_timer_(thread_idx);
+    std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::high_resolution_clock> next_time;
+    if (NextIssueTime(thread_idx, &next_time)) {
+      std::this_thread::sleep_until(next_time);
     }
   }
 
   size_t num_threads_;
   std::vector<SimpleResponse> responses_;
- private:
-  bool closed_loop_;
-  InterarrivalTimer interarrival_timer_;
-  std::vector<std::chrono::time_point
-             <std::chrono::high_resolution_clock>> next_time_;
 };
 
 class SynchronousUnaryClient GRPC_FINAL : public SynchronousClient {