diff --git a/src/cluster_legacy.c b/src/cluster_legacy.c
index 8f801f4751..cea1c03fe7 100644
--- a/src/cluster_legacy.c
+++ b/src/cluster_legacy.c
@@ -3096,7 +3096,7 @@ int clusterProcessPacket(clusterLink *link) {
             link->node ? link->node->name : "NULL");
 
         if (sender && (sender->flags & CLUSTER_NODE_MEET)) {
-            // Once we get a response for MEET from the sender, we can stop sending more MEET
+            /* Once we get a response for MEET from the sender, we can stop sending more MEET. */
             sender->flags &= ~CLUSTER_NODE_MEET;
         }
 
diff --git a/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl b/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
index d01258f6ce..41fc49aa6d 100644
--- a/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
+++ b/tests/cluster/tests/includes/init-tests.tcl
@@ -74,19 +74,17 @@ proc join_nodes_in_cluster {} {
     return 1
 }
 
-if {![info exists do_not_join_cluster_nodes] || !$do_not_join_cluster_nodes} {
-    test "Cluster Join and auto-discovery test" {
-        # Use multiple attempts since sometimes nodes timeout
-        # while attempting to connect.
-        for {set attempts 3} {$attempts > 0} {incr attempts -1} {
-            if {[join_nodes_in_cluster] == 1} {
-                break
-            }
-        }
-        if {$attempts == 0} {
-            fail "Cluster failed to form full mesh"
+test "Cluster Join and auto-discovery test" {
+    # Use multiple attempts since sometimes nodes timeout
+    # while attempting to connect.
+    for {set attempts 3} {$attempts > 0} {incr attempts -1} {
+        if {[join_nodes_in_cluster] == 1} {
+            break
         }
     }
+    if {$attempts == 0} {
+        fail "Cluster failed to form full mesh"
+    }
 }
 
 test "Before slots allocation, all nodes report cluster failure" {
diff --git a/tests/cluster/tests/30-reliable-meet.tcl b/tests/unit/cluster/cluster-reliable-meet.tcl
similarity index 51%
rename from tests/cluster/tests/30-reliable-meet.tcl
rename to tests/unit/cluster/cluster-reliable-meet.tcl
index 84fde8b4e6..b8e7d5b2a3 100644
--- a/tests/cluster/tests/30-reliable-meet.tcl
+++ b/tests/unit/cluster/cluster-reliable-meet.tcl
@@ -1,37 +1,55 @@
-set do_not_join_cluster_nodes 1
+# make sure the test infra won't use SELECT
+set old_singledb $::singledb
+set ::singledb 1
 
-source "../tests/includes/init-tests.tcl"
+tags {tls:skip external:skip cluster} {
 
-# Create a cluster composed of the specified number of primaries.
-proc create_primaries_only_cluster {primaries} {
-    cluster_allocate_slots $primaries
-    set ::cluster_master_nodes $primaries
+set base_conf [list cluster-enabled yes]
+start_multiple_servers 2 [list overrides $base_conf] {
+
+test "Cluster nodes are reachable" {
+    for {set id 0} {$id < [llength $::servers]} {incr id} {
+        # Every node should be reachable.
+        wait_for_condition 1000 50 {
+            ([catch {R $id ping} ping_reply] == 0) &&
+            ($ping_reply eq {PONG})
+        } else {
+            catch {R $id ping} err
+            fail "Node #$id keeps replying '$err' to PING."
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+test "Before slots allocation, all nodes report cluster failure" {
+    wait_for_cluster_state fail
 }
 
 set CLUSTER_PACKET_TYPE_MEET 2
 set CLUSTER_PACKET_TYPE_NONE -1
 
-set a 0
-set b 1
+set b 0
+set a 1
 
 test "Cluster nodes haven't met each other" {
     assert {[llength [get_cluster_nodes $a]] == 1}
     assert {[llength [get_cluster_nodes $b]] == 1}
 }
 
-test "Create a 2 nodes cluster with 2 shards" {
-    create_primaries_only_cluster 2
+test "Allocate slots" {
+    cluster_allocate_slots 2 0
 }
 
 test "MEET is reliabile when target drops the initial MEETs" {
-    set b_port [get_instance_attrib valkey $b port]
-
     # Make b drop the initial MEET messages due to link failure
     R $b DEBUG DROP-CLUSTER-PACKET-FILTER $CLUSTER_PACKET_TYPE_MEET
     R $b DEBUG CLOSE-CLUSTER-LINK-ON-PACKET-DROP 1
 
+    set b_port [srv 0 port]
+
     R $a CLUSTER MEET 127.0.0.1 $b_port
 
+    # Wait for at least a few MEETs to be sent so that we are sure that b is
+    # dropping them.
     wait_for_condition 1000 50 {
         [CI $b cluster_stats_messages_meet_received] >= 3
     } else {
@@ -46,9 +64,16 @@ test "MEET is reliabile when target drops the initial MEETs" {
 
     # If the MEET is reliable, both a and b will turn to cluster state ok
     wait_for_condition 1000 50 {
-        [CI $a cluster_state] eq {ok} && [CI $b cluster_state] eq {ok}
+        [CI $a cluster_state] eq {ok} && [CI $b cluster_state] eq {ok} &&
+        [CI $b cluster_stats_messages_meet_received] >= 4 &&
+        [CI $a cluster_stats_messages_meet_sent] == [CI $b cluster_stats_messages_meet_received]
     } else {
         fail "$a cluster_state:[CI $a cluster_state], $b cluster_state: [CI $b cluster_state]"
     }
 }
+} ;# stop servers
+
+} ;# tags
+
+set ::singledb $old_singledb