diff --git a/test/integration/framework/etcd.go b/test/integration/framework/etcd.go
index 25e2fbbfe11..7a6f8144be1 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework/etcd.go
+++ b/test/integration/framework/etcd.go
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 	"syscall"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -84,7 +83,15 @@ func startEtcd(output io.Writer) (func(), error) {
 	return stop, nil
 }
 
-var initGRPCOnce sync.Once
+func init() {
+	// Quiet etcd logs for integration tests
+	// Comment out to get verbose logs if desired.
+	// This has to be done before there are any goroutines
+	// active which use gRPC. During init is safe, albeit
+	// then also affects tests which don't use RunCustomEtcd
+	// (the place this was done before).
+	grpclog.SetLoggerV2(grpclog.NewLoggerV2(io.Discard, io.Discard, os.Stderr))
+}
 
 // RunCustomEtcd starts a custom etcd instance for test purposes.
 func RunCustomEtcd(dataDir string, customFlags []string, output io.Writer) (url string, stopFn func(), err error) {
@@ -151,12 +158,6 @@ func RunCustomEtcd(dataDir string, customFlags []string, output io.Writer) (url
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Quiet etcd logs for integration tests
-	// Comment out to get verbose logs if desired
-	initGRPCOnce.Do(func() {
-		grpclog.SetLoggerV2(grpclog.NewLoggerV2(io.Discard, io.Discard, os.Stderr))
-	})
-
 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		return "", nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to run etcd: %v", err)
 	}