diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStream.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStream.java
index 4ef743bf96..a4ebfa52d6 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStream.java
@@ -455,10 +455,10 @@ public abstract class AbstractClientStream extends AbstractStream
       if (!listenerClosed) {
         listenerClosed = true;
         statsTraceCtx.streamClosed(status);
-        listener().closed(status, rpcProgress, trailers);
         if (getTransportTracer() != null) {
           getTransportTracer().reportStreamClosed(status.isOk());
         }
+        listener().closed(status, rpcProgress, trailers);
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/RetryTest.java b/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/RetryTest.java
index 880320c6ca..dbbcf39d0a 100644
--- a/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/RetryTest.java
+++ b/interop-testing/src/test/java/io/grpc/testing/integration/RetryTest.java
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ package io.grpc.testing.integration;
 
 import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.mockito.AdditionalAnswers.delegatesTo;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.timeout;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -78,8 +81,6 @@ import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.junit.runners.JUnit4;
-import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnit;
 import org.mockito.junit.MockitoRule;
 
@@ -103,8 +104,11 @@ public class RetryTest {
   @Rule
   public final GrpcCleanupRule cleanupRule = new GrpcCleanupRule();
   private final FakeClock fakeClock = new FakeClock();
-  @Mock
-  private ClientCall.Listener<Integer> mockCallListener;
+  private TestListener testCallListener = new TestListener();
+  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+  private ClientCall.Listener<Integer> mockCallListener =
+      mock(ClientCall.Listener.class, delegatesTo(testCallListener));
+
   private CountDownLatch backoffLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
   private final EventLoopGroup group = new DefaultEventLoopGroup() {
     @SuppressWarnings("FutureReturnValueIgnored")
@@ -245,7 +249,9 @@ public class RetryTest {
   private void assertRpcStatusRecorded(
       Status.Code code, long roundtripLatencyMs, long outboundMessages) throws Exception {
     MetricsRecord record = clientStatsRecorder.pollRecord(7, SECONDS);
+    assertNotNull(record);
     TagValue statusTag = record.tags.get(RpcMeasureConstants.GRPC_CLIENT_STATUS);
+    assertNotNull(statusTag);
     assertThat(statusTag.asString()).isEqualTo(code.toString());
     assertThat(record.getMetricAsLongOrFail(DeprecatedCensusConstants.RPC_CLIENT_FINISHED_COUNT))
         .isEqualTo(1);
@@ -295,14 +301,14 @@ public class RetryTest {
     verify(mockCallListener, never()).onClose(any(Status.class), any(Metadata.class));
     // send one more message, should exceed buffer limit
     call.sendMessage(message);
+
     // let attempt fail
+    testCallListener.clear();
     serverCall.close(
         Status.UNAVAILABLE.withDescription("2nd attempt failed"),
         new Metadata());
     // no more retry
-    ArgumentCaptor<Status> statusCaptor = ArgumentCaptor.forClass(Status.class);
-    verify(mockCallListener, timeout(5000)).onClose(statusCaptor.capture(), any(Metadata.class));
-    assertThat(statusCaptor.getValue().getDescription()).contains("2nd attempt failed");
+    testCallListener.verifyDescription("2nd attempt failed", 5000);
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -534,4 +540,26 @@ public class RetryTest {
     assertRpcStatusRecorded(Code.INVALID_ARGUMENT, 0, 0);
     assertRetryStatsRecorded(0, 1, 0);
   }
+
+  private static class TestListener extends ClientCall.Listener<Integer> {
+    Status status = null;
+    private CountDownLatch closeLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+
+    @Override
+    public void onClose(Status status, Metadata trailers) {
+      this.status = status;
+      closeLatch.countDown();
+    }
+
+    void clear() {
+      status = null;
+      closeLatch = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    }
+
+    void verifyDescription(String description, long timeoutMs) throws InterruptedException {
+      closeLatch.await(timeoutMs, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+      assertNotNull(status);
+      assertThat(status.getDescription()).contains(description);
+    }
+  }
 }