diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchCreateSessionsTest.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchCreateSessionsTest.java
index c252bb19238..8d359428c77 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchCreateSessionsTest.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/BatchCreateSessionsTest.java
@@ -207,13 +207,13 @@ public void testSpannerReturnsAllAvailableSessionsAndThenNoSessions()
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void testSpannerReturnsResourceExhausted() throws InterruptedException {
+  public void testSpannerReturnsFailedPrecondition() throws InterruptedException {
     int minSessions = 100;
     int maxSessions = 1000;
     int expectedSessions;
     DatabaseClientImpl client;
     // Make the first BatchCreateSessions return an error.
-    mockSpanner.addException(Status.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED.asRuntimeException());
+    mockSpanner.addException(Status.FAILED_PRECONDITION.asRuntimeException());
     try (Spanner spanner = createSpanner(minSessions, maxSessions)) {
       // Create a database client which will create a session pool.
       client =
diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java
index 54b992b69ff..5266ecad7c8 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/MockSpannerServiceImpl.java
@@ -808,7 +808,7 @@ public void batchCreateSessions(
       batchCreateSessionsExecutionTime.simulateExecutionTime(
           exceptions, stickyGlobalExceptions, freezeLock);
       if (sessions.size() >= maxTotalSessions) {
-        throw Status.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED
+        throw Status.FAILED_PRECONDITION
             .withDescription("Maximum number of sessions reached")
             .asRuntimeException();
       }