diff --git a/pkg/services/tree/cache.go b/pkg/services/tree/cache.go
index e490cb855..ac80d0e4c 100644
--- a/pkg/services/tree/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/services/tree/cache.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func (c *clientCache) dialTreeService(ctx context.Context, netmapAddr string) (*
 			tracing.NewStreamClientInterceptor(),
 		),
 		grpc.WithContextDialer(c.ds.GrpcContextDialer()),
+		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.WaitForReady(true)),
 	}
 
 	if !netAddr.IsTLSEnabled() {
diff --git a/pkg/services/tree/sync.go b/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
index 5bbc93978..ce1e72104 100644
--- a/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
+++ b/pkg/services/tree/sync.go
@@ -342,7 +342,9 @@ func (*Service) createConnection(a network.Address) (*grpc.ClientConn, error) {
 			metrics.NewStreamClientInterceptor(),
 			tracing_grpc.NewStreamClientInterceptor(),
 		),
-		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()))
+		grpc.WithTransportCredentials(insecure.NewCredentials()),
+		grpc.WithDefaultCallOptions(grpc.WaitForReady(true)),
+	)
 }
 
 // ErrAlreadySyncing is returned when a service synchronization has already