diff --git a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/cluster.go b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/cluster.go
index 3d93a43f4..94631fc79 100644
--- a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/cluster.go
+++ b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/cluster.go
@@ -39,17 +39,9 @@ type agentConfig struct {
 }
 
 type cluster struct {
-	agents []agentConfig
-
-	v2Only           bool // to be deprecated
-	consistencyCheck bool
-	Size             int
-
-	Stressers            []Stresser
-	stressBuilder        stressBuilder
-	leaseStresserBuilder leaseStresserBuilder
-	Checker              Checker
-
+	agents  []agentConfig
+	v2Only  bool // to be deprecated
+	Size    int
 	Members []*member
 }
 
@@ -100,27 +92,6 @@ func (c *cluster) bootstrap() error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	c.Stressers = make([]Stresser, 0)
-	leaseStressers := make([]Stresser, len(members))
-	for i, m := range members {
-		lStresser := c.leaseStresserBuilder(m)
-		leaseStressers[i] = lStresser
-		c.Stressers = append(c.Stressers, c.stressBuilder(m), lStresser)
-	}
-
-	for i := range c.Stressers {
-		go c.Stressers[i].Stress()
-	}
-
-	var checkers []Checker
-	if c.consistencyCheck && !c.v2Only {
-		checkers = append(checkers, newHashChecker(hashAndRevGetter(c)), newLeaseChecker(leaseStressers))
-	} else {
-		checkers = append(checkers, newNoChecker())
-	}
-
-	c.Checker = newCompositeChecker(checkers)
-
 	c.Size = size
 	c.Members = members
 	return nil
@@ -167,15 +138,6 @@ func (c *cluster) GetLeader() (int, error) {
 	return 0, fmt.Errorf("no leader found")
 }
 
-func (c *cluster) Report() (success, failure int) {
-	for _, stress := range c.Stressers {
-		s, f := stress.Report()
-		success += s
-		failure += f
-	}
-	return
-}
-
 func (c *cluster) Cleanup() error {
 	var lasterr error
 	for _, m := range c.Members {
@@ -183,10 +145,6 @@ func (c *cluster) Cleanup() error {
 			lasterr = err
 		}
 	}
-	for _, s := range c.Stressers {
-		s.Cancel()
-	}
-
 	return lasterr
 }
 
@@ -194,9 +152,6 @@ func (c *cluster) Terminate() {
 	for _, m := range c.Members {
 		m.Agent.Terminate()
 	}
-	for _, s := range c.Stressers {
-		s.Cancel()
-	}
 }
 
 func (c *cluster) Status() ClusterStatus {
@@ -217,6 +172,22 @@ func (c *cluster) Status() ClusterStatus {
 	return cs
 }
 
+func (c *cluster) maxRev() (rev int64, err error) {
+	for _, m := range c.Members {
+		curRev, _, curErr := m.RevHash()
+		if curErr != nil {
+			err = curErr
+		}
+		if curRev > rev {
+			rev = curRev
+		}
+	}
+	if rev == 0 {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+	return rev, nil
+}
+
 func (c *cluster) getRevisionHash() (map[string]int64, map[string]int64, error) {
 	revs := make(map[string]int64)
 	hashes := make(map[string]int64)
diff --git a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/failure.go b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/failure.go
index 82392087d..4d78d5514 100644
--- a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/failure.go
+++ b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/failure.go
@@ -136,26 +136,29 @@ func (f *failureUntilSnapshot) Inject(c *cluster, round int) error {
 	if err := f.failure.Inject(c, round); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
 	if c.Size < 3 {
 		return nil
 	}
-
-	start, _ := c.Report()
-	end := start
+	startRev, err := c.maxRev()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	lastRev := startRev
 	// Normal healthy cluster could accept 1000req/s at least.
 	// Give it 3-times time to create a new snapshot.
 	retry := snapshotCount / 1000 * 3
 	for j := 0; j < retry; j++ {
-		end, _ = c.Report()
+		if lastRev, err = c.maxRev(); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 		// If the number of proposals committed is bigger than snapshot count,
 		// a new snapshot should have been created.
-		if end-start > snapshotCount {
+		if lastRev-startRev > snapshotCount {
 			return nil
 		}
 		time.Sleep(time.Second)
 	}
-	return fmt.Errorf("cluster too slow: only commit %d requests in %ds", end-start, retry)
+	return fmt.Errorf("cluster too slow: only commit %d requests in %ds", lastRev-startRev, retry)
 }
 
 func (f *failureUntilSnapshot) Desc() string {
diff --git a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/main.go b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/main.go
index 55b8e2d2d..bbb095319 100644
--- a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/main.go
+++ b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/main.go
@@ -67,26 +67,9 @@ func main() {
 		agents[i].datadir = *datadir
 	}
 
-	sConfig := &stressConfig{
-		qps:            *stressQPS,
-		keyLargeSize:   int(*stressKeyLargeSize),
-		keySize:        int(*stressKeySize),
-		keySuffixRange: int(*stressKeySuffixRange),
-		v2:             *isV2Only,
-	}
-
-	lsConfig := &leaseStressConfig{
-		numLeases:    10,
-		keysPerLease: 10,
-		qps:          *stressQPS, // only used to create nop stresser in leaseStresserBuilder
-	}
-
 	c := &cluster{
-		agents:               agents,
-		v2Only:               *isV2Only,
-		stressBuilder:        newStressBuilder(*stresserType, sConfig),
-		leaseStresserBuilder: newLeaseStresserBuilder(*stresserType, lsConfig),
-		consistencyCheck:     *consistencyCheck,
+		agents: agents,
+		v2Only: *isV2Only,
 	}
 
 	if err := c.bootstrap(); err != nil {
@@ -129,10 +112,26 @@ func main() {
 			schedule[i] = failures[caseNum]
 		}
 	}
+
+	sConfig := &stressConfig{
+		qps:            *stressQPS,
+		keyLargeSize:   int(*stressKeyLargeSize),
+		keySize:        int(*stressKeySize),
+		keySuffixRange: int(*stressKeySuffixRange),
+		v2:             *isV2Only,
+	}
+	lsConfig := &leaseStressConfig{
+		numLeases:    10,
+		keysPerLease: 10,
+		qps:          *stressQPS,
+	}
 	t := &tester{
-		failures: schedule,
-		cluster:  c,
-		limit:    *limit,
+		failures:             schedule,
+		cluster:              c,
+		limit:                *limit,
+		stressBuilder:        newStressBuilder(*stresserType, sConfig),
+		leaseStresserBuilder: newLeaseStresserBuilder(*stresserType, lsConfig),
+		consistencyCheck:     *consistencyCheck,
 	}
 
 	sh := statusHandler{status: &t.status}
diff --git a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/tester.go b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/tester.go
index 8f5f70eaa..1216e1798 100644
--- a/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/tester.go
+++ b/tools/functional-tester/etcd-tester/tester.go
@@ -25,6 +25,12 @@ type tester struct {
 	limit           int
 	status          Status
 	currentRevision int64
+
+	Stressers            []Stresser
+	stressBuilder        stressBuilder
+	leaseStresserBuilder leaseStresserBuilder
+	Checker              Checker
+	consistencyCheck     bool
 }
 
 // compactQPS is rough number of compact requests per second.
@@ -39,6 +45,8 @@ func (tt *tester) runLoop() {
 		tt.status.Failures = append(tt.status.Failures, f.Desc())
 	}
 
+	tt.setupStressers()
+
 	var prevCompactRev int64
 	for round := 0; round < tt.limit || tt.limit == -1; round++ {
 		tt.status.setRound(round)
@@ -82,6 +90,27 @@ func (tt *tester) runLoop() {
 	plog.Printf("%s functional-tester is finished", tt.logPrefix())
 }
 
+func (tt *tester) setupStressers() {
+	tt.Stressers = make([]Stresser, 0)
+	leaseStressers := make([]Stresser, 0, 2*len(tt.cluster.Members))
+	for i, m := range tt.cluster.Members {
+		lStresser := tt.leaseStresserBuilder(m)
+		leaseStressers[i] = lStresser
+		tt.Stressers = append(tt.Stressers, tt.stressBuilder(m), lStresser)
+	}
+	for i := range tt.Stressers {
+		go tt.Stressers[i].Stress()
+	}
+	if !tt.consistencyCheck || tt.cluster.v2Only {
+		tt.Checker = newNoChecker()
+		return
+	}
+	tt.Checker = newCompositeChecker([]Checker{
+		newHashChecker(hashAndRevGetter(tt.cluster)),
+		newLeaseChecker(leaseStressers)},
+	)
+}
+
 func (tt *tester) doRound(round int) error {
 	for j, f := range tt.failures {
 		caseTotalCounter.WithLabelValues(f.Desc()).Inc()
@@ -142,7 +171,7 @@ func (tt *tester) checkConsistency() (err error) {
 		}
 		err = tt.startStressers()
 	}()
-	if err = tt.cluster.Checker.Check(); err != nil {
+	if err = tt.Checker.Check(); err != nil {
 		plog.Printf("%s %v", tt.logPrefix(), err)
 	}
 
@@ -207,6 +236,7 @@ func (tt *tester) cleanup() error {
 	}
 	caseFailedTotalCounter.WithLabelValues(desc).Inc()
 
+	tt.cancelStressers()
 	plog.Printf("%s cleaning up...", tt.logPrefix())
 	if err := tt.cluster.Cleanup(); err != nil {
 		plog.Warningf("%s cleanup error: %v", tt.logPrefix(), err)
@@ -223,7 +253,7 @@ func (tt *tester) cleanup() error {
 
 func (tt *tester) cancelStressers() {
 	plog.Printf("%s canceling the stressers...", tt.logPrefix())
-	for _, s := range tt.cluster.Stressers {
+	for _, s := range tt.Stressers {
 		s.Cancel()
 	}
 	plog.Printf("%s canceled stressers", tt.logPrefix())
@@ -231,7 +261,7 @@ func (tt *tester) cancelStressers() {
 
 func (tt *tester) startStressers() error {
 	plog.Printf("%s starting the stressers...", tt.logPrefix())
-	for _, s := range tt.cluster.Stressers {
+	for _, s := range tt.Stressers {
 		if err := s.Stress(); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
@@ -239,3 +269,12 @@ func (tt *tester) startStressers() error {
 	plog.Printf("%s started stressers", tt.logPrefix())
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (tt *tester) Report() (success, failure int) {
+	for _, stresser := range tt.Stressers {
+		s, f := stresser.Report()
+		success += s
+		failure += f
+	}
+	return
+}