diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go
index 1cbffdfa52f..26e2812d2f6 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/clusterresolver/config.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func (dm DiscoveryMechanism) Equal(b DiscoveryMechanism) bool {
 		return false
 	case dm.DNSHostname != b.DNSHostname:
 		return false
-	case !dm.OutlierDetection.Equal(b.OutlierDetection):
+	case !dm.OutlierDetection.EqualIgnoringChildPolicy(b.OutlierDetection):
 		return false
 	}
 
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection/config.go b/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection/config.go
index 8b0cdcab406..da831126315 100644
--- a/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection/config.go
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection/config.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ package outlierdetection
 import (
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	internalserviceconfig "google.golang.org/grpc/internal/serviceconfig"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/serviceconfig"
 )
@@ -154,8 +153,10 @@ type LBConfig struct {
 	ChildPolicy *internalserviceconfig.BalancerConfig `json:"childPolicy,omitempty"`
 }
 
-// Equal returns whether the LBConfig is the same with the parameter.
-func (lbc *LBConfig) Equal(lbc2 *LBConfig) bool {
+// EqualIgnoringChildPolicy returns whether the LBConfig is same with the
+// parameter outside of the child policy, only comparing the Outlier Detection
+// specific configuration.
+func (lbc *LBConfig) EqualIgnoringChildPolicy(lbc2 *LBConfig) bool {
 	if lbc == nil && lbc2 == nil {
 		return true
 	}
@@ -177,8 +178,5 @@ func (lbc *LBConfig) Equal(lbc2 *LBConfig) bool {
 	if !lbc.SuccessRateEjection.Equal(lbc2.SuccessRateEjection) {
 		return false
 	}
-	if !lbc.FailurePercentageEjection.Equal(lbc2.FailurePercentageEjection) {
-		return false
-	}
-	return cmp.Equal(lbc.ChildPolicy, lbc2.ChildPolicy)
+	return lbc.FailurePercentageEjection.Equal(lbc2.FailurePercentageEjection)
 }
diff --git a/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection/config_test.go b/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection/config_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce924dca1bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xds/internal/balancer/outlierdetection/config_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2022 gRPC 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 outlierdetection
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSuccessRateEjection(t *testing.T) {
+	fields := map[string]bool{
+		"StdevFactor":           true,
+		"EnforcementPercentage": true,
+		"MinimumHosts":          true,
+		"RequestVolume":         true,
+	}
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(SuccessRateEjection{})
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		if n := typ.Field(i).Name; !fields[n] {
+			t.Errorf("New field in SuccessRateEjection %q, update this test and Equal", n)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEqualFieldsFailurePercentageEjection(t *testing.T) {
+	fields := map[string]bool{
+		"Threshold":             true,
+		"EnforcementPercentage": true,
+		"MinimumHosts":          true,
+		"RequestVolume":         true,
+	}
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(FailurePercentageEjection{})
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		if n := typ.Field(i).Name; !fields[n] {
+			t.Errorf("New field in FailurePercentageEjection %q, update this test and Equal", n)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestEqualFieldsLBConfig(t *testing.T) {
+	fields := map[string]bool{
+		"LoadBalancingConfig":       true,
+		"Interval":                  true,
+		"BaseEjectionTime":          true,
+		"MaxEjectionTime":           true,
+		"MaxEjectionPercent":        true,
+		"SuccessRateEjection":       true,
+		"FailurePercentageEjection": true,
+		"ChildPolicy":               true,
+	}
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(LBConfig{})
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		if n := typ.Field(i).Name; !fields[n] {
+			t.Errorf("New field in LBConfig %q, update this test and EqualIgnoringChildPolicy", n)
+		}
+	}
+}