diff --git a/.changelog/11194.txt b/.changelog/11194.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e05dbce6fcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11194.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:none
+none
+```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/google/fwtransport/framework_config_test.go b/google/fwtransport/framework_config_test.go
index 1dd83c6a713..c0ed0ff89c5 100644
--- a/google/fwtransport/framework_config_test.go
+++ b/google/fwtransport/framework_config_test.go
@@ -328,6 +328,9 @@ func TestFrameworkProvider_LoadAndValidateFramework_credentials(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				t.Fatalf("did not expect error, but [%d] error(s) occurred", diags.ErrorsCount())
 			}
+			if tc.ExpectError && !diags.HasError() {
+				t.Fatalf("expected error, but no errors occurred")
+			}
 			if !data.Credentials.Equal(tc.ExpectedDataModelValue) {
 				t.Fatalf("want credentials to be `%s`, but got the value `%s`", tc.ExpectedDataModelValue, data.Credentials.String())
 			}