diff --git a/pubsublite/internal/wire/subscriber_test.go b/pubsublite/internal/wire/subscriber_test.go
index 0c30fdbee2c..6aa5fe77933 100644
--- a/pubsublite/internal/wire/subscriber_test.go
+++ b/pubsublite/internal/wire/subscriber_test.go
@@ -1135,8 +1135,8 @@ func TestAssigningSubscriberAddRemovePartitions(t *testing.T) {
 	// Assignment stream
 	asnStream := test.NewRPCVerifier(t)
 	asnStream.Push(initAssignmentReq(subscription, fakeUUID[:]), assignmentResp([]int64{3, 6}), nil)
-	assignmentBarrier := asnStream.PushWithBarrier(assignmentAckReq(), assignmentResp([]int64{3, 8}), nil)
-	asnStream.Push(assignmentAckReq(), nil, nil)
+	assignmentBarrier1 := asnStream.PushWithBarrier(assignmentAckReq(), assignmentResp([]int64{3, 8}), nil)
+	assignmentBarrier2 := asnStream.PushWithBarrier(assignmentAckReq(), nil, nil)
 	verifiers.AddAssignmentStream(subscription, asnStream)
 
 	// Partition 3
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ func TestAssigningSubscriberAddRemovePartitions(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	// Partition assignments will now be {3, 8}.
-	assignmentBarrier.Release()
+	assignmentBarrier1.Release()
 	receiver.ValidateMsgs(partitionMsgs(8, msg5))
 	if got, want := sub.Partitions(), []int{3, 8}; !testutil.Equal(got, want) {
 		t.Errorf("subscriber partitions: got %d, want %d", got, want)
@@ -1204,6 +1204,10 @@ func TestAssigningSubscriberAddRemovePartitions(t *testing.T) {
 	msg4Barrier.Release()
 	receiver.ValidateMsgs(partitionMsgs(3, msg2))
 
+	// Ensure the second assignment ack is received by the server to avoid test
+	// flakiness.
+	assignmentBarrier2.Release()
+
 	// Stop should flush all commit cursors.
 	sub.Stop()
 	if gotErr := sub.WaitStopped(); gotErr != nil {