diff --git a/integration/cluster_test.go b/integration/cluster_test.go
index 028aa92a0..f61dfae17 100644
--- a/integration/cluster_test.go
+++ b/integration/cluster_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/client"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdhttp"
+	"github.com/coreos/etcd/etcdserver/etcdhttp/httptypes"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/Godeps/_workspace/src/code.google.com/p/go.net/context"
@@ -59,20 +60,11 @@ func testCluster(t *testing.T, size int) {
 		for j, u := range c.Members[i].ClientURLs {
 			cc := mustNewHTTPClient(t, []string{u.String()})
 			kapi := client.NewKeysAPI(cc)
-			// TODO: we retry it here because MsgProp may be dropped due to
-			// sender reaches its max serving. make it reliable that we don't
-			// need to worry about it.
-			var err error
-			for k := 0; k < 3; k++ {
-				ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), requestTimeout)
-				if _, err = kapi.Create(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("/%d%d%d", i, j, k), "bar", -1); err == nil {
-					break
-				}
-				cancel()
-			}
-			if err != nil {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), requestTimeout)
+			if _, err := kapi.Create(ctx, fmt.Sprintf("/%d%d", i, j), "bar", -1); err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("create on %s error: %v", u.String(), err)
 			}
+			cancel()
 		}
 	}
 }
@@ -123,6 +115,9 @@ func (c *cluster) Launch(t *testing.T) {
 		m.Launch(t)
 		c.Members = append(c.Members, m)
 	}
+
+	// wait cluster to be stable to receive future client requests
+	c.waitClientURLsPublished(t)
 }
 
 func (c *cluster) URL(i int) string {
@@ -135,6 +130,37 @@ func (c *cluster) Terminate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *cluster) waitClientURLsPublished(t *testing.T) {
+	timer := time.AfterFunc(10*time.Second, func() {
+		t.Fatal("wait too long for client urls publish")
+	})
+	cc := mustNewHTTPClient(t, []string{c.URL(0)})
+	ma := client.NewMembersAPI(cc)
+	for {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), requestTimeout)
+		membs, err := ma.List(ctx)
+		cancel()
+		if err == nil && c.checkClientURLsPublished(membs) {
+			break
+		}
+		time.Sleep(tickDuration)
+	}
+	timer.Stop()
+	return
+}
+
+func (c *cluster) checkClientURLsPublished(membs []httptypes.Member) bool {
+	if len(membs) != len(c.Members) {
+		return false
+	}
+	for _, m := range membs {
+		if len(m.ClientURLs) == 0 {
+			return false
+		}
+	}
+	return true
+}
+
 func (c *cluster) name(i int) string {
 	return fmt.Sprint("node", i)
 }