diff --git a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java
index 08df9e1bbc..08c8fdbcee 100644
--- a/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java
+++ b/tests/cts/hostside/app/src/com/android/cts/net/hostside/AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase.java
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ abstract class AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase extends Instrumentation
     // Must be higher than NETWORK_TIMEOUT_MS
     private static final int ORDERED_BROADCAST_TIMEOUT_MS = NETWORK_TIMEOUT_MS * 4;
 
+    private static final boolean ASSERT_NETWORK_INFO_STATE = false;
+
     protected Context mContext;
     protected Instrumentation mInstrumentation;
     protected ConnectivityManager mCm;
@@ -220,15 +222,19 @@ abstract class AbstractRestrictBackgroundNetworkTestCase extends Instrumentation
         if (expectAvailable) {
             assertTrue("should be connected: " + connectionCheckDetails
                     + " (network info: " + networkInfo + ")", connected);
-            assertEquals("wrong state for " + networkInfo, State.CONNECTED, state);
-            assertEquals("wrong detailed state for " + networkInfo,
-                    DetailedState.CONNECTED, detailedState);
+            if (ASSERT_NETWORK_INFO_STATE) {
+                assertEquals("wrong state for " + networkInfo, State.CONNECTED, state);
+                assertEquals("wrong detailed state for " + networkInfo,
+                        DetailedState.CONNECTED, detailedState);
+            }
         } else {
             assertFalse("should not be connected: " + connectionCheckDetails
                     + " (network info: " + networkInfo + ")", connected);
-            assertEquals("wrong state for " + networkInfo, State.DISCONNECTED, state);
-            assertEquals("wrong detailed state for " + networkInfo,
-                    DetailedState.BLOCKED, detailedState);
+            if (ASSERT_NETWORK_INFO_STATE) {
+                assertEquals("wrong state for " + networkInfo, State.DISCONNECTED, state);
+                assertEquals("wrong detailed state for " + networkInfo,
+                        DetailedState.BLOCKED, detailedState);
+            }
         }
     }