diff --git a/agent/consul/client.go b/agent/consul/client.go
index 94f806a84..baf87bbfd 100644
--- a/agent/consul/client.go
+++ b/agent/consul/client.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/acl"
+	rpcRate "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul/rate"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/pool"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/router"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/structs"
@@ -296,7 +297,16 @@ TRY:
 
 	// Use the zero value for RPCInfo if the request doesn't implement RPCInfo
 	info, _ := args.(structs.RPCInfo)
-	if retry := canRetry(info, rpcErr, firstCheck, c.config); !retry {
+	retryableMessages := []error{
+		// If we are chunking and it doesn't seem to have completed, try again.
+		ErrChunkingResubmit,
+
+		// These rate limit errors are returned before the handler is called, so are
+		// safe to retry.
+		rpcRate.ErrRetryElsewhere,
+	}
+
+	if retry := canRetry(info, rpcErr, firstCheck, c.config, retryableMessages); !retry {
 		c.logger.Error("RPC failed to server",
 			"method", method,
 			"server", server.Addr,
diff --git a/agent/consul/rpc.go b/agent/consul/rpc.go
index e5c84ba68..3186d1cce 100644
--- a/agent/consul/rpc.go
+++ b/agent/consul/rpc.go
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ func (c *limitedConn) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 }
 
 // canRetry returns true if the request and error indicate that a retry is safe.
-func canRetry(info structs.RPCInfo, err error, start time.Time, config *Config) bool {
+func canRetry(info structs.RPCInfo, err error, start time.Time, config *Config, retryableMessages []error) bool {
 	if info != nil {
 		timedOut, timeoutError := info.HasTimedOut(start, config.RPCHoldTimeout, config.MaxQueryTime, config.DefaultQueryTime)
 		if timeoutError != nil {
@@ -579,15 +579,6 @@ func canRetry(info structs.RPCInfo, err error, start time.Time, config *Config)
 		return true
 	}
 
-	retryableMessages := []error{
-		// If we are chunking and it doesn't seem to have completed, try again.
-		ErrChunkingResubmit,
-
-		// These rate limit errors are returned before the handler is called, so are
-		// safe to retry.
-		rate.ErrRetryElsewhere,
-		rate.ErrRetryLater,
-	}
 	for _, m := range retryableMessages {
 		if err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), m.Error()) {
 			return true
@@ -747,7 +738,14 @@ CHECK_LEADER:
 		}
 	}
 
-	if retry := canRetry(info, rpcErr, firstCheck, s.config); retry {
+	retryableMessages := []error{
+		// If we are chunking and it doesn't seem to have completed, try again.
+		ErrChunkingResubmit,
+
+		rate.ErrRetryLater,
+	}
+
+	if retry := canRetry(info, rpcErr, firstCheck, s.config, retryableMessages); retry {
 		// Gate the request until there is a leader
 		jitter := lib.RandomStagger(s.config.RPCHoldTimeout / structs.JitterFraction)
 		select {
diff --git a/agent/consul/rpc_test.go b/agent/consul/rpc_test.go
index 92821362d..18171725c 100644
--- a/agent/consul/rpc_test.go
+++ b/agent/consul/rpc_test.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/acl"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/connect"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul/rate"
+	rpcRate "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul/rate"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/consul/state"
 	agent_grpc "github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/grpc-internal"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/consul/agent/pool"
@@ -1287,12 +1288,16 @@ func TestCanRetry(t *testing.T) {
 	config := DefaultConfig()
 	now := time.Now()
 	config.RPCHoldTimeout = 7 * time.Second
+	retryableMessages := []error{
+		ErrChunkingResubmit,
+		rpcRate.ErrRetryElsewhere,
+	}
 	run := func(t *testing.T, tc testCase) {
 		timeOutValue := tc.timeout
 		if timeOutValue.IsZero() {
 			timeOutValue = now
 		}
-		require.Equal(t, tc.expected, canRetry(tc.req, tc.err, timeOutValue, config))
+		require.Equal(t, tc.expected, canRetry(tc.req, tc.err, timeOutValue, config, retryableMessages))
 	}
 
 	var testCases = []testCase{
@@ -1319,7 +1324,7 @@ func TestCanRetry(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:     "ErrRetryLater",
 			err:      fmt.Errorf("some wrapping: %w", rate.ErrRetryLater),
-			expected: true,
+			expected: false,
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "EOF on read request",