diff --git a/integration/cluster_test.go b/integration/cluster_test.go
index e356564c7fb3..0f7f84713792 100644
--- a/integration/cluster_test.go
+++ b/integration/cluster_test.go
@@ -412,6 +412,21 @@ func TestRejectUnhealthyRemove(t *testing.T) {
 	c.Members[1].Stop(t)
 	c.WaitLeader(t)
 
+	// wait for detecting stopped member disconnection
+	// each node has initial 20 connections (4 peers * 5 conns)
+	// after 2 members down, each of 3 nodes should have max 10 connections
+	// (possibly less via leader election)
+	for _, i := range []int{2, 3, 4} {
+		var peern string
+		for peern != "10" {
+			peern, _ = c.Members[i].Metric("etcd_network_peer_active_total")
+			n, _ := strconv.Atoi(peern)
+			if n < 10 {
+				break
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	// reject remove active member since (3,2)-(1,0) => (2,2) lacks quorum
 	err := c.removeMember(t, uint64(c.Members[2].s.ID()))
 	if err == nil {