diff --git a/zed-rpc/src/peer.rs b/zed-rpc/src/peer.rs
index 3307a7f60a6a72fbbf26893230b48677afc92f77..230af4c60e5181a30548c2cc7d4fdb07f151551b 100644
--- a/zed-rpc/src/peer.rs
+++ b/zed-rpc/src/peer.rs
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ mod tests {
                 barrier::channel();
             let handle_messages = client.handle_messages(connection_id);
             smol::spawn(async move {
-                handle_messages.await.unwrap();
+                handle_messages.await.ok();
                 incoming_messages_ended_tx.send(()).await.unwrap();
             })
             .detach();