diff --git a/build/visible_to/BUILD b/build/visible_to/BUILD
index ff06d6aea7a..e850a3e040f 100644
--- a/build/visible_to/BUILD
+++ b/build/visible_to/BUILD
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ package_group(
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/util/flowcontrol/metrics",
         "//staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/...",
         "//test/e2e_node",
+        "//test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol",
         "//vendor/...",
     ],
 )
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/BUILD b/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/BUILD
index 6bc8be792a5..fb107f7abb0 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/BUILD
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/BUILD
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ go_test(
         "//test/integration/framework:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt:go_default_library",
         "//vendor/github.com/prometheus/common/model:go_default_library",
-        "//vendor/github.com/stretchr/testify/require:go_default_library",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/concurrency_test.go b/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/concurrency_test.go
index 08ca660adc7..f6a30677549 100644
--- a/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/concurrency_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/apiserver/flowcontrol/concurrency_test.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/expfmt"
 	"github.com/prometheus/common/model"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	flowcontrolv1alpha1 "k8s.io/api/flowcontrol/v1alpha1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -43,9 +42,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	dispatchedRequestCountMetricsName               = "apiserver_flowcontrol_dispatched_requests_total"
-	dispatchedRequestCountMetricsLabelPriorityLevel = "priorityLevel"
-	timeout                                         = time.Second * 10
+	sharedConcurrencyMetricsName      = "apiserver_flowcontrol_request_concurrency_limit"
+	dispatchedRequestCountMetricsName = "apiserver_flowcontrol_dispatched_requests_total"
+	labelPriorityLevel                = "priorityLevel"
+	timeout                           = time.Second * 10
 )
 
 func setup(t testing.TB) (*httptest.Server, *rest.Config, framework.CloseFunc) {
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func setup(t testing.TB) (*httptest.Server, *rest.Config, framework.CloseFunc) {
 		Group:   "flowcontrol.apiserver.k8s.io",
 		Version: "v1alpha1",
 	})
-	masterConfig.GenericConfig.MaxRequestsInFlight = 5
-	masterConfig.GenericConfig.MaxMutatingRequestsInFlight = 5
+	masterConfig.GenericConfig.MaxRequestsInFlight = 1
+	masterConfig.GenericConfig.MaxMutatingRequestsInFlight = 1
 	masterConfig.GenericConfig.OpenAPIConfig = framework.DefaultOpenAPIConfig()
 	masterConfig.ExtraConfig.APIResourceConfigSource = resourceConfig
 	_, s, closeFn := framework.RunAMaster(masterConfig)
@@ -81,33 +81,59 @@ func TestPriorityLevelIsolation(t *testing.T) {
 
 	priorityLevelNoxu1, _, err := createPriorityLevelAndBindingFlowSchemaForUser(
 		loopbackClient, "noxu1", concurrencyShares, queueLength)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
 	priorityLevelNoxu2, _, err := createPriorityLevelAndBindingFlowSchemaForUser(
 		loopbackClient, "noxu2", concurrencyShares, queueLength)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	sharedConcurrency, err := getSharedConcurrencyOfPriorityLevel(loopbackClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if 1 != sharedConcurrency[priorityLevelNoxu1.Name] {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected shared concurrency %v instead of %v", sharedConcurrency[priorityLevelNoxu1.Name], 1)
+	}
+	if 1 != sharedConcurrency[priorityLevelNoxu2.Name] {
+		t.Errorf("unexpected shared concurrency %v instead of %v", sharedConcurrency[priorityLevelNoxu2.Name], 1)
+	}
 
 	stopCh := make(chan struct{})
 	defer close(stopCh)
+
 	// "elephant"
 	streamRequests(concurrencyShares+queueLength, func() {
 		_, err := noxu1Client.CoreV1().Namespaces().List(context.Background(), metav1.ListOptions{})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
 	}, stopCh)
 	// "mouse"
-	streamRequests(1, func() {
+	streamRequests(3, func() {
 		_, err := noxu2Client.CoreV1().Namespaces().List(context.Background(), metav1.ListOptions{})
-		require.NoError(t, err)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
 	}, stopCh)
 
 	time.Sleep(time.Second * 10) // running in background for a while
 
 	reqCounts, err := getRequestCountOfPriorityLevel(loopbackClient)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
 
 	noxu1RequestCount := reqCounts[priorityLevelNoxu1.Name]
 	noxu2RequestCount := reqCounts[priorityLevelNoxu2.Name]
 
-	if (noxu1RequestCount / 2) > noxu2RequestCount {
-		t.Errorf("total requests made by noxu2 should at least half of noxu1: (%d:%d)", noxu1RequestCount, noxu2RequestCount)
+	// Theoretically, the actual expected value of request counts upon the two priority-level should be
+	// the equal. We're deliberately lax to make flakes super rare.
+	if (noxu1RequestCount/2) > noxu2RequestCount || (noxu2RequestCount/2) > noxu1RequestCount {
+		t.Errorf("imbalanced requests made by noxu1/2: (%d:%d)", noxu1RequestCount, noxu2RequestCount)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -123,12 +149,51 @@ func getClientFor(loopbackConfig *rest.Config, username string) clientset.Interf
 	return clientset.NewForConfigOrDie(config)
 }
 
-func getRequestCountOfPriorityLevel(c clientset.Interface) (map[string]int, error) {
+func getMetrics(c clientset.Interface) (string, error) {
 	resp, err := c.CoreV1().
 		RESTClient().
 		Get().
 		RequestURI("/metrics").
 		DoRaw(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return string(resp), err
+}
+
+func getSharedConcurrencyOfPriorityLevel(c clientset.Interface) (map[string]int, error) {
+	resp, err := getMetrics(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	dec := expfmt.NewDecoder(strings.NewReader(string(resp)), expfmt.FmtText)
+	decoder := expfmt.SampleDecoder{
+		Dec:  dec,
+		Opts: &expfmt.DecodeOptions{},
+	}
+
+	concurrency := make(map[string]int)
+	for {
+		var v model.Vector
+		if err := decoder.Decode(&v); err != nil {
+			if err == io.EOF {
+				// Expected loop termination condition.
+				return concurrency, nil
+			}
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed decoding metrics: %v", err)
+		}
+		for _, metric := range v {
+			switch name := string(metric.Metric[model.MetricNameLabel]); name {
+			case sharedConcurrencyMetricsName:
+				concurrency[string(metric.Metric[labelPriorityLevel])] = int(metric.Value)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func getRequestCountOfPriorityLevel(c clientset.Interface) (map[string]int, error) {
+	resp, err := getMetrics(c)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -152,7 +217,7 @@ func getRequestCountOfPriorityLevel(c clientset.Interface) (map[string]int, erro
 		for _, metric := range v {
 			switch name := string(metric.Metric[model.MetricNameLabel]); name {
 			case dispatchedRequestCountMetricsName:
-				reqCounts[string(metric.Metric[dispatchedRequestCountMetricsLabelPriorityLevel])] = int(metric.Value)
+				reqCounts[string(metric.Metric[labelPriorityLevel])] = int(metric.Value)
 			}
 		}
 	}