From be473571db3818d571fd663a976a870731d15be7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: zbilun <zbilun@google.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 14:14:43 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix channel close issue

---
 interop/test_utils.go | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/interop/test_utils.go b/interop/test_utils.go
index 16f8634dd5d4..91e53c4b1b8f 100644
--- a/interop/test_utils.go
+++ b/interop/test_utils.go
@@ -922,7 +922,7 @@ func DoSoakTest(
 	if totalFailures > maxFailures {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Soak test total failures: %d exceeded max failures threshold: %d\n", totalFailures, maxFailures)
 	}
-	closeChannel(sharedChannel)
+	defer closeChannel(sharedChannel)
 }
 
 type testServer struct {