diff --git a/pkg/flags/int_test.go b/pkg/flags/int_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ebabd01f..000000000
--- a/pkg/flags/int_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The etcd Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package flags
-
-import (
-	"reflect"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestInvalidUint32(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []string{
-		// string
-		"invalid",
-		// negative number
-		"-1",
-		// float number
-		"0.1",
-		"-0.2",
-		// larger than math.MaxUint32
-		"4294967296",
-	}
-	for i, in := range tests {
-		var u uint32Value
-		if err := u.Set(in); err == nil {
-			t.Errorf(`#%d: unexpected nil error for in=%q`, i, in)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUint32Value(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		s   string
-		exp uint32
-	}{
-		{s: "0", exp: 0},
-		{s: "1", exp: 1},
-		{s: "", exp: 0},
-	}
-	for i := range tests {
-		ss := uint32(*NewUint32Value(tests[i].s))
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(tests[i].exp, ss) {
-			t.Fatalf("#%d: expected %q, got %q", i, tests[i].exp, ss)
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/pkg/flags/int.go b/pkg/flags/uint32.go
similarity index 76%
rename from pkg/flags/int.go
rename to pkg/flags/uint32.go
index c3d763da4..bbef7df6a 100644
--- a/pkg/flags/int.go
+++ b/pkg/flags/uint32.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The etcd Authors
+// Copyright 2022 The etcd Authors
 //
 // Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 // you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,31 +16,26 @@ package flags
 
 import (
 	"flag"
-	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
 )
 
 type uint32Value uint32
 
-func NewUint32Value(s string) *uint32Value {
-	var u uint32Value
-	if s == "" || s == "0" {
-		return &u
-	}
-	if err := u.Set(s); err != nil {
-		panic(fmt.Sprintf("new uint32Value should never fail: %v", err))
-	}
-	return &u
+// NewUint32Value creates a uint32Value instance with the default value `v`.
+func NewUint32Value(v uint32) *uint32Value {
+	val := new(uint32Value)
+	*val = uint32Value(v)
+	return val
 }
 
+// Set parses a command line uint32 value.
+// Implements "flag.Value" interface.
 func (i *uint32Value) Set(s string) error {
 	v, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 0, 32)
 	*i = uint32Value(v)
 	return err
 }
-func (i *uint32Value) Type() string {
-	return "uint32"
-}
+
 func (i *uint32Value) String() string { return strconv.FormatUint(uint64(*i), 10) }
 
 // Uint32FromFlag return the uint32 value of a flag with the given name
diff --git a/pkg/flags/uint32_test.go b/pkg/flags/uint32_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e7d38df2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/flags/uint32_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright 2022 The etcd Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package flags
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestUint32Value(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		name        string
+		s           string
+		expectedVal uint32
+		expectError bool
+	}{
+		{
+			name:        "normal uint32 value",
+			s:           "200",
+			expectedVal: 200,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "zero value",
+			s:           "0",
+			expectedVal: 0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "negative int value",
+			s:           "-200",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "invalid integer value",
+			s:           "invalid",
+			expectError: true,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			var val uint32Value
+			err := val.Set(tc.s)
+
+			if tc.expectError {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("Expected failure on parsing uint32 value from %s", tc.s)
+				}
+			} else {
+				if err != nil {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected error when parsing %s: %v", tc.s, err)
+				}
+				assert.Equal(t, uint32(val), tc.expectedVal)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}