diff --git a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-agent/client/client.go b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-agent/client/client.go
index 384337d0b..88f956840 100644
--- a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-agent/client/client.go
+++ b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-agent/client/client.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type agent struct {
 }
 
 func NewAgent(endpoint string) (Agent, error) {
-	c, err := rpc.Dial("tcp", endpoint)
+	c, err := rpc.DialHTTP("tcp", endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}