diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_crd_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_crd_test.go
index 23dda4baf24..71a5e2fad46 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_crd_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/apply/apply_crd_test.go
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ func TestApplyCRDUnhandledSchema(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	defer etcdclient.Close()
 
 	server, err := apiservertesting.StartTestServer(t, apiservertesting.NewDefaultTestServerOptions(), nil, storageConfig)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/integration/namespace/ns_conditions_test.go b/test/integration/namespace/ns_conditions_test.go
index 56ed8d0516e..049ed7face7 100644
--- a/test/integration/namespace/ns_conditions_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/namespace/ns_conditions_test.go
@@ -119,8 +119,15 @@ func TestNamespaceCondition(t *testing.T) {
 
 // TestNamespaceLabels tests for default labels added in https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/96968
 func TestNamespaceLabels(t *testing.T) {
-	closeFn, _, _, kubeClient, _ := namespaceLifecycleSetup(t)
+	closeFn, nsController, _, kubeClient, _ := namespaceLifecycleSetup(t)
 	defer closeFn()
+
+	// Even though nscontroller isn't used in this test, its creation is already
+	// spawning some goroutines. So we need to run it to ensure they won't leak.
+	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
+	close(stopCh)
+	go nsController.Run(5, stopCh)
+
 	nsName := "test-namespace-labels-generated"
 	// Create a new namespace w/ no name
 	ns, err := kubeClient.CoreV1().Namespaces().Create(context.TODO(), &corev1.Namespace{
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go
index 908b757664d..338b61b3f9e 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/queue_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func TestCoreResourceEnqueue(t *testing.T) {
 	testutils.SyncInformerFactory(testCtx)
 
 	defer testutils.CleanupTest(t, testCtx)
+	defer testCtx.Scheduler.SchedulingQueue.Close()
 
 	cs, ns, ctx := testCtx.ClientSet, testCtx.NS.Name, testCtx.Ctx
 	// Create one Node with a taint.
diff --git a/test/integration/util/util.go b/test/integration/util/util.go
index 13335b3b448..42a51976f93 100644
--- a/test/integration/util/util.go
+++ b/test/integration/util/util.go
@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ func timeout(ctx context.Context, d time.Duration, f func()) error {
 	done := make(chan struct{})
 	go func() {
 		f()
-		done <- struct{}{}
+		close(done)
 	}()
 
 	select {