diff --git a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/InternetAccessTest.kt b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/InternetAccessTest.kt
index 3c9aa0725b..46d4708de9 100644
--- a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/InternetAccessTest.kt
+++ b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/InternetAccessTest.kt
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ class InternetAccessTest {
         val ftd = ftds[0]
         joinNetworkAndWaitForOmr(ftd, DEFAULT_DATASET)
         dnsServer.start()
+        ftd.autoStartSrpClient()
+        ftd.waitForSrpServer()
 
         val ipv4Addresses =
             ftd.resolveHost("google.com", TYPE_A).map { extractIpv4AddressFromMappedAddress(it) }
@@ -181,6 +183,8 @@ class InternetAccessTest {
         val ftd = ftds[0]
         joinNetworkAndWaitForOmr(ftd, DEFAULT_DATASET)
         dnsServer.start()
+        ftd.autoStartSrpClient()
+        ftd.waitForSrpServer()
 
         assertThat(ftd.resolveHost("google.com", TYPE_A)).isEmpty()
         assertThat(ftd.resolveHost("google.com", TYPE_AAAA)).isEmpty()
diff --git a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/FullThreadDevice.java b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/FullThreadDevice.java
index 209eed647b..38961a33b4 100644
--- a/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/FullThreadDevice.java
+++ b/thread/tests/integration/src/android/net/thread/utils/FullThreadDevice.java
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ public final class FullThreadDevice {
     }
 
     /** Waits for an SRP server to be present in Network Data */
-    private void waitForSrpServer() throws TimeoutException {
+    public void waitForSrpServer() throws TimeoutException {
         // CLI output:
         // > srp client server
         // [fd64:db12:25f4:7e0b:1bfc:6344:25ac:2dd7]:53538