diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc b/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc
index 1ed3c7157fc39c92ae3e47ac28491125b9100c82..b07620140e4808b1168bd686a7785164ef149cd7 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/client_async.cc
@@ -137,13 +137,7 @@ class AsyncUnaryClient GRPC_FINAL : public Client {
       cli_cqs_.emplace_back(new CompletionQueue);
     }
 
-    auto payload_size = config.payload_size();
-    auto check_done = [payload_size](grpc::Status s, SimpleResponse* response) {
-      GPR_ASSERT(s.IsOk() && (response->payload().type() ==
-                              grpc::testing::PayloadType::COMPRESSABLE) &&
-                 (response->payload().body().length() ==
-                  static_cast<size_t>(payload_size)));
-    };
+    auto check_done = [](grpc::Status s, SimpleResponse* response) {};
 
     int t = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < config.outstanding_rpcs_per_channel(); i++) {
@@ -270,13 +264,7 @@ class AsyncStreamingClient GRPC_FINAL : public Client {
       cli_cqs_.emplace_back(new CompletionQueue);
     }
 
-    auto payload_size = config.payload_size();
-    auto check_done = [payload_size](grpc::Status s, SimpleResponse *response) {
-      GPR_ASSERT(s.IsOk() && (response->payload().type() ==
-                              grpc::testing::PayloadType::COMPRESSABLE) &&
-                 (response->payload().body().length() ==
-                  static_cast<size_t>(payload_size)));
-    };
+    auto check_done = [](grpc::Status s, SimpleResponse* response) {};
 
     int t = 0;
     for (int i = 0; i < config.outstanding_rpcs_per_channel(); i++) {
diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc b/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
index 77da1725ffa5c11d19043e9986ac6b5ade45965c..46eb3b8d747efe95e1de6ca128b28d8ad2ba2c3e 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ class SynchronousStreamingClient GRPC_FINAL : public SynchronousClient {
 
   void ThreadFunc(Histogram* histogram, size_t thread_idx) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
     double start = Timer::Now();
-    EXPECT_TRUE(stream_->Write(request_));
-    EXPECT_TRUE(stream_->Read(&responses_[thread_idx]));
-    histogram->Add((Timer::Now() - start) * 1e9);
+    if (stream_->Write(request_) && stream_->Read(&responses_[thread_idx])) {
+      histogram->Add((Timer::Now() - start) * 1e9);
+    }
   }
   private:
     grpc::ClientContext context_;