diff --git a/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget.go b/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget.go
index 3d5acdab6afe..81c3e8e64bb3 100644
--- a/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget.go
+++ b/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (b *weightedTargetBalancer) ResolverError(err error) {
 }
 
 func (b *weightedTargetBalancer) UpdateSubConnState(sc balancer.SubConn, state balancer.SubConnState) {
-	b.bg.UpdateSubConnState(sc, state)
+	b.logger.Errorf("UpdateSubConnState(%v, %+v) called unexpectedly", sc, state)
 }
 
 func (b *weightedTargetBalancer) Close() {
diff --git a/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget_test.go b/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget_test.go
index 845c143bfa88..2e7d259a95ef 100644
--- a/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget_test.go
+++ b/balancer/weightedtarget/weightedtarget_test.go
@@ -1211,23 +1211,24 @@ var errTestInitIdle = fmt.Errorf("init Idle balancer error 0")
 func init() {
 	stub.Register(initIdleBalancerName, stub.BalancerFuncs{
 		UpdateClientConnState: func(bd *stub.BalancerData, opts balancer.ClientConnState) error {
-			sc, err := bd.ClientConn.NewSubConn(opts.ResolverState.Addresses, balancer.NewSubConnOptions{})
+			sc, err := bd.ClientConn.NewSubConn(opts.ResolverState.Addresses, balancer.NewSubConnOptions{
+				StateListener: func(state balancer.SubConnState) {
+					err := fmt.Errorf("wrong picker error")
+					if state.ConnectivityState == connectivity.Idle {
+						err = errTestInitIdle
+					}
+					bd.ClientConn.UpdateState(balancer.State{
+						ConnectivityState: state.ConnectivityState,
+						Picker:            &testutils.TestConstPicker{Err: err},
+					})
+				},
+			})
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 			sc.Connect()
 			return nil
 		},
-		UpdateSubConnState: func(bd *stub.BalancerData, sc balancer.SubConn, state balancer.SubConnState) {
-			err := fmt.Errorf("wrong picker error")
-			if state.ConnectivityState == connectivity.Idle {
-				err = errTestInitIdle
-			}
-			bd.ClientConn.UpdateState(balancer.State{
-				ConnectivityState: state.ConnectivityState,
-				Picker:            &testutils.TestConstPicker{Err: err},
-			})
-		},
 	})
 }