diff --git a/tests/test_asyncio/test_cwe_404.py b/tests/test_asyncio/test_cwe_404.py
index 66060a0668..87cab6ee87 100644
--- a/tests/test_asyncio/test_cwe_404.py
+++ b/tests/test_asyncio/test_cwe_404.py
@@ -17,31 +17,12 @@ def redis_addr(request):
     return host, int(port)
 
 
-async def pipe(
-    reader: asyncio.StreamReader,
-    writer: asyncio.StreamWriter,
-    proxy: "DelayProxy",
-    name="",
-    event: asyncio.Event = None,
-):
-    while True:
-        data = await reader.read(1000)
-        if not data:
-            break
-        if event:
-            event.set()
-        await asyncio.sleep(proxy.delay)
-        writer.write(data)
-        await writer.drain()
-
-
 class DelayProxy:
     def __init__(self, addr, redis_addr, delay: float):
         self.addr = addr
         self.redis_addr = redis_addr
         self.delay = delay
         self.send_event = asyncio.Event()
-        self.redis_streams = None
 
     async def start(self):
         # test that we can connect to redis
@@ -52,31 +33,48 @@ async def start(self):
         self.ROUTINE = asyncio.create_task(self.server.serve_forever())
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def override(self, delay: float = 0.0):
+    def set_delay(self, delay: float = 0.0):
         """
         Allow to override the delay for parts of tests which aren't time dependent,
         to speed up execution.
         """
-        old = self.delay
+        old_delay = self.delay
         self.delay = delay
         try:
             yield
         finally:
-            self.delay = old
+            self.delay = old_delay
 
     async def handle(self, reader, writer):
         # establish connection to redis
         redis_reader, redis_writer = await asyncio.open_connection(*self.redis_addr)
         try:
             pipe1 = asyncio.create_task(
-                pipe(reader, redis_writer, self, "to redis:", self.send_event)
+                self.pipe(reader, redis_writer, "to redis:", self.send_event)
             )
-            pipe2 = asyncio.create_task(pipe(redis_reader, writer, self, "from redis:"))
+            pipe2 = asyncio.create_task(self.pipe(redis_reader, writer, "from redis:"))
             await asyncio.gather(pipe1, pipe2)
         finally:
             redis_writer.close()
             redis_reader.close()
 
+    async def pipe(
+        self,
+        reader: asyncio.StreamReader,
+        writer: asyncio.StreamWriter,
+        name="",
+        event: asyncio.Event = None,
+    ):
+        while True:
+            data = await reader.read(1000)
+            if not data:
+                break
+            if event:
+                event.set()
+            await asyncio.sleep(self.delay)
+            writer.write(data)
+            await writer.drain()
+
     async def stop(self):
         # clean up enough so that we can reuse the looper
         self.ROUTINE.cancel()
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ async def test_standalone(delay, redis_addr):
         # note that we connect to proxy, rather than to Redis directly
         async with Redis(host="127.0.0.1", port=5380, single_connection_client=b) as r:
 
-            with dp.override():
+            with dp.set_delay(0):
                 await r.set("foo", "foo")
                 await r.set("bar", "bar")
 
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ async def test_standalone(delay, redis_addr):
 
             # make sure that our previous request, cancelled while waiting for
             # a repsponse, didn't leave the connection open andin a bad state
-            with dp.override():
+            with dp.set_delay(0):
                 assert await r.get("bar") == b"bar"
                 assert await r.ping()
                 assert await r.get("foo") == b"foo"
@@ -132,7 +130,7 @@ async def test_standalone_pipeline(delay, redis_addr):
     await dp.start()
     for b in [True, False]:
         async with Redis(host="127.0.0.1", port=5380, single_connection_client=b) as r:
-            with dp.override():
+            with dp.set_delay(0):
                 await r.set("foo", "foo")
                 await r.set("bar", "bar")
 
@@ -154,7 +152,7 @@ async def test_standalone_pipeline(delay, redis_addr):
 
             # we have now cancelled the pieline in the middle of a request, make sure
             # that the connection is still usable
-            with dp.override():
+            with dp.set_delay(0):
                 pipe.get("bar")
                 pipe.ping()
                 pipe.get("foo")
@@ -205,10 +203,10 @@ async def any_wait():
         )
 
     @contextlib.contextmanager
-    def all_override(delay: int = 0):
+    def set_delay(delay: int = 0):
         with contextlib.ExitStack() as stack:
             for p in proxies:
-                stack.enter_context(p.override(delay=delay))
+                stack.enter_context(p.delay_as(delay))
             yield
 
     # start proxies
@@ -222,9 +220,9 @@ def all_override(delay: int = 0):
         await r.set("bar", "bar")
 
         all_clear()
-        with all_override(delay=delay):
+        with set_delay(delay=delay):
             t = asyncio.create_task(r.get("foo"))
-            # cannot wait on the send event, we don't know which node will be used
+            # One of the proxies will handle our request, wait for it to send
             await any_wait()
             await asyncio.sleep(delay)
             t.cancel()