diff --git a/tests/unit/info.tcl b/tests/unit/info.tcl
index a27043fa88..11dc4e5d40 100644
--- a/tests/unit/info.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/info.tcl
@@ -391,7 +391,13 @@ start_server {tags {"info" "external:skip" "debug_defrag:skip"}} {
             # set qbuf limit to minimum to test stat
             set org_qbuf_limit [lindex [r config get client-query-buffer-limit] 1]
             r config set client-query-buffer-limit 1048576
-            catch {r set key [string repeat a 1048576]}
+            catch {r set key [string repeat a 2048576]} e
+            # We might get an error on the write path of the previous command, which won't be
+            # an I/O error based on how the client is designed. We will need to manually consume
+            # the secondary I/O error.
+            if {![string match "I/O error*" $e]} {
+                catch {r read}
+            }
             set info [r info stats]
             assert_equal [getInfoProperty $info client_query_buffer_limit_disconnections] {1}
             r config set client-query-buffer-limit $org_qbuf_limit