diff --git a/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_test.go b/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_test.go
index e91f52760e..1cb26736e0 100644
--- a/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_test.go
+++ b/pkg/agent/loadbalancer/loadbalancer_test.go
@@ -3,18 +3,21 @@ package loadbalancer
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"context"
-	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
-	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/k3s-io/k3s/pkg/cli/cmds"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	logrus.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+}
+
 type testServer struct {
 	listener net.Listener
 	conns    []net.Conn
@@ -71,33 +74,17 @@ func ping(conn net.Conn) (string, error) {
 	return strings.TrimSpace(result), nil
 }
 
-func assertEqual(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
-	if a != b {
-		t.Fatalf("[ %v != %v ]", a, b)
-	}
-}
-
-func assertNotEqual(t *testing.T, a interface{}, b interface{}) {
-	if a == b {
-		t.Fatalf("[ %v == %v ]", a, b)
-	}
-}
-
 func Test_UnitFailOver(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "lb-test")
-	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	ogServe, err := createServer("og")
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("createServer(og) failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	lbServe, err := createServer("lb")
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("createServer(lb) failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	cfg := cmds.Agent{
@@ -107,12 +94,12 @@ func Test_UnitFailOver(t *testing.T) {
 
 	lb, err := New(context.TODO(), cfg.DataDir, SupervisorServiceName, cfg.ServerURL, RandomPort, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("New() failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	parsedURL, err := url.Parse(lb.LoadBalancerServerURL())
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("url.Parse failed: %v", err)
 	}
 	localAddress := parsedURL.Host
 
@@ -120,36 +107,39 @@ func Test_UnitFailOver(t *testing.T) {
 
 	conn1, err := net.Dial("tcp", localAddress)
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("net.Dial failed: %v", err)
 	}
 	result1, err := ping(conn1)
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("ping(conn1) failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result1 != "lb:ping" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected ping result: %v", result1)
 	}
-	assertEqual(t, result1, "lb:ping")
 
 	lbServe.close()
 
 	_, err = ping(conn1)
-	assertNotEqual(t, err, nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Unexpected successful ping on closed connection conn1")
+	}
 
 	conn2, err := net.Dial("tcp", localAddress)
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("net.Dial failed: %v", err)
+
 	}
 	result2, err := ping(conn2)
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("ping(conn2) failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	if result2 != "og:ping" {
+		t.Fatalf("Unexpected ping result: %v", result2)
 	}
-	assertEqual(t, result2, "og:ping")
 }
 
 func Test_UnitFailFast(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpDir, err := os.MkdirTemp("", "lb-test")
-	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
 
 	cfg := cmds.Agent{
 		ServerURL: "http://127.0.0.1:0/",
@@ -158,12 +148,12 @@ func Test_UnitFailFast(t *testing.T) {
 
 	lb, err := New(context.TODO(), cfg.DataDir, SupervisorServiceName, cfg.ServerURL, RandomPort, false)
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("New() failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	conn, err := net.Dial("tcp", lb.localAddress)
 	if err != nil {
-		assertEqual(t, err, nil)
+		t.Fatalf("net.Dial failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
 	done := make(chan error)
@@ -175,8 +165,10 @@ func Test_UnitFailFast(t *testing.T) {
 
 	select {
 	case err := <-done:
-		assertNotEqual(t, err, nil)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("Unexpected successful ping from invalid address")
+		}
 	case <-timeout:
-		t.Fatal(errors.New("time out"))
+		t.Fatal("Test timed out")
 	}
 }