diff --git a/registry/kubernetes/registry_test.go b/registry/kubernetes/registry_test.go
index b9f817b8de8c220c166288c09da7116734a0e939..25cc777c4ddb9cf09444e83a26be0cefe19454c4 100644
--- a/registry/kubernetes/registry_test.go
+++ b/registry/kubernetes/registry_test.go
@@ -142,5 +142,5 @@ func (s *KubernetesRegistryTestSuite) TestHandleClientRestart() {
 	r.WaitGroup().Add(1)
 	go r.HandleClientRestart()
 	time.Sleep(timeSecondDuration(1))
-	r.CloseAndNilClient()
+	r.client.Close()
 }