diff --git a/test/common/network/addr_family_aware_socket_option_impl_test.cc b/test/common/network/addr_family_aware_socket_option_impl_test.cc
index 90f2334b794..3c6c16a0d9c 100644
--- a/test/common/network/addr_family_aware_socket_option_impl_test.cc
+++ b/test/common/network/addr_family_aware_socket_option_impl_test.cc
@@ -49,8 +49,6 @@ TEST_F(AddrFamilyAwareSocketOptionImplTest, V4EmptyOptionNames) {
 
 // If a platform doesn't support IPv4 and IPv6 socket option variants for an IPv4 address, we fail
 TEST_F(AddrFamilyAwareSocketOptionImplTest, V6EmptyOptionNames) {
-  EXPECT_CALL(os_sys_calls_, socket(_, _, _));
-  EXPECT_CALL(os_sys_calls_, close(_));
   Address::Ipv6Instance address("::1:2:3:4", 5678);
   const int fd = address.socket(Address::SocketType::Stream);
   EXPECT_CALL(socket_, fd()).WillRepeatedly(Return(fd));
diff --git a/test/common/network/socket_option_test.h b/test/common/network/socket_option_test.h
index efe1a053375..4ba3f83f907 100644
--- a/test/common/network/socket_option_test.h
+++ b/test/common/network/socket_option_test.h
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ class SocketOptionTest : public testing::Test {
 
   NiceMock<MockListenSocket> socket_;
   Api::MockOsSysCalls os_sys_calls_;
-  TestThreadsafeSingletonInjector<Api::OsSysCallsImpl> os_calls{&os_sys_calls_};
+
+  TestThreadsafeSingletonInjector<Api::OsSysCallsImpl> os_calls_{[this]() {
+    // Before injecting OsSysCallsImpl, make sure validateIpv{4,6}Supported is called so the static
+    // bool is initialized without requiring to mock ::socket and ::close.
+    std::make_unique<Address::Ipv4Instance>("1.2.3.4", 5678);
+    std::make_unique<Address::Ipv6Instance>("::1:2:3:4", 5678);
+    return &os_sys_calls_;
+  }()};
 
   void testSetSocketOptionSuccess(
       Socket::Option& socket_option, Network::SocketOptionName option_name, int option_val,