diff --git a/relay/client/client_test.go b/relay/client/client_test.go
index 089c7ed4c..275624df4 100644
--- a/relay/client/client_test.go
+++ b/relay/client/client_test.go
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ func TestBindToUnavailabePeer(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("failed to connect to server: %s", err)
 	}
 	_, err = clientAlice.OpenConn(ctx, "bob")
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Errorf("expected error when binding to unavailable peer, got nil")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("failed to open bob: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	log.Infof("closing client")
diff --git a/relay/client/manager_test.go b/relay/client/manager_test.go
index 52f2833e4..20a784a25 100644
--- a/relay/client/manager_test.go
+++ b/relay/client/manager_test.go
@@ -285,15 +285,15 @@ func TestForeginAutoClose(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	t.Log("open connection to another peer")
-	if _, err = mgr.OpenConn(ctx, toURL(srvCfg2)[0], "anotherpeer"); err == nil {
-		t.Fatalf("should have failed to open connection to another peer")
+	if _, err = mgr.OpenConn(ctx, toURL(srvCfg2)[0], "anotherpeer"); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to open connection: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	timeout := relayCleanupInterval + keepUnusedServerTime + 1*time.Second
 	t.Logf("waiting for relay cleanup: %s", timeout)
 	time.Sleep(timeout)
-	if len(mgr.relayClients) != 0 {
-		t.Errorf("expected 0, got %d", len(mgr.relayClients))
+	if len(mgr.relayClients) != 1 {
+		t.Errorf("expected 1 relay client, got %d", len(mgr.relayClients))
 	}
 
 	t.Logf("closing manager")