diff --git a/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/xds-resource-type/endpoint-resource-type.ts b/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/xds-resource-type/endpoint-resource-type.ts
index 9df9c544..ecdd1f2a 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/xds-resource-type/endpoint-resource-type.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js-xds/src/xds-resource-type/endpoint-resource-type.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ export class EndpointResourceType extends XdsResourceType {
   }
 
   allResourcesRequiredInSotW(): boolean {
-    return true;
+    return false;
   }
 
   static startWatch(client: XdsClient, name: string, watcher: Watcher<ClusterLoadAssignment__Output>) {