diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestWithClosedSessionsEnv.java b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestWithClosedSessionsEnv.java
index 66e0893be7b..07e6a08e045 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestWithClosedSessionsEnv.java
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/src/test/java/com/google/cloud/spanner/IntegrationTestWithClosedSessionsEnv.java
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ private void awaitDeleted(Session session) {
           Thread.sleep(500L);
         } catch (SpannerException e) {
           if (e.getErrorCode() == ErrorCode.NOT_FOUND
-              && e.getMessage().contains("Session not found")) {
+              && (e.getMessage().contains("Session not found")
+                  || e.getMessage().contains("Session was concurrently deleted"))) {
             break;
           } else {
             throw e;