diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c
index f274cdb..33a409b 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/keepalive_timeout.c
@@ -190,8 +190,6 @@
   GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
 
   CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(102), 1);
-  cq_verify(cqv);
-
   CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(1), 1);
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/resource_quota_server.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/resource_quota_server.c
index 29b35d0..b5bc399 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/resource_quota_server.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/resource_quota_server.c
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
     op = ops;
     op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA;
     op->data.send_initial_metadata.count = 0;
-    op->flags = 0;
+    op->flags = GRPC_INITIAL_METADATA_WAIT_FOR_READY;
     op->reserved = NULL;
     op++;
     op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_MESSAGE;
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.c
index 0617566..0946552 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.c
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@
   GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
 
   CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(102), 1);
+  if (!request_status_early) {
+    CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(1), 1);
+  }
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
   memset(ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
@@ -195,9 +198,6 @@
   GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
 
   CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(103), 1);
-  if (!request_status_early) {
-    CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(1), 1);
-  }
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
   memset(ops, 0, sizeof(ops));