diff --git a/pkg/varlogtest/admin.go b/pkg/varlogtest/admin.go
index de7aa4cf9..04d55d5ff 100644
--- a/pkg/varlogtest/admin.go
+++ b/pkg/varlogtest/admin.go
@@ -197,32 +197,48 @@ func (c *testAdmin) GetLogStream(ctx context.Context, tpid types.TopicID, lsid t
 }
 
 func (c *testAdmin) ListLogStreams(ctx context.Context, tpid types.TopicID, opts ...varlog.AdminCallOption) ([]varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor, error) {
-	panic("not implemented")
+	_, lsds, err := c.listLogStreamsInternal(tpid)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return lsds, nil
 }
 
 func (c *testAdmin) DescribeTopic(ctx context.Context, topicID types.TopicID, opts ...varlog.AdminCallOption) (*admpb.DescribeTopicResponse, error) {
-	if err := c.lock(); err != nil {
+	td, lsds, err := c.listLogStreamsInternal(topicID)
+	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	defer c.unlock()
+	return &admpb.DescribeTopicResponse{
+		Topic:      td,
+		LogStreams: lsds,
+	}, nil
+}
 
-	topicDesc, ok := c.vt.topics[topicID]
-	if !ok || topicDesc.Status.Deleted() {
-		return nil, errors.New("no such topic")
+func (c *testAdmin) listLogStreamsInternal(tpid types.TopicID) (td varlogpb.TopicDescriptor, lsds []varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor, err error) {
+	err = c.lock()
+	if err != nil {
+		return
 	}
+	defer c.unlock()
 
-	rsp := &admpb.DescribeTopicResponse{
-		Topic:      *proto.Clone(&topicDesc).(*varlogpb.TopicDescriptor),
-		LogStreams: make([]varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor, len(topicDesc.LogStreams)),
+	td, ok := c.vt.topics[tpid]
+	if !ok || td.Status.Deleted() {
+		err = errors.New("no such topic")
+		return
 	}
-	for i, lsID := range topicDesc.LogStreams {
-		lsDesc, ok := c.vt.logStreams[lsID]
+	td = *proto.Clone(&td).(*varlogpb.TopicDescriptor)
+
+	lsds = make([]varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor, len(td.LogStreams))
+	for i, lsid := range td.LogStreams {
+		lsd, ok := c.vt.logStreams[lsid]
 		if !ok {
-			panic(errors.Errorf("inconsistency: no logstream %d in topic %d", lsID, topicID))
+			panic(errors.Errorf("inconsistency: no logstream %d in topic %d", lsid, tpid))
 		}
-		rsp.LogStreams[i] = *proto.Clone(&lsDesc).(*varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor)
+		lsds[i] = *proto.Clone(&lsd).(*varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor)
 	}
-	return rsp, nil
+
+	return td, lsds, nil
 }
 
 func (c *testAdmin) AddLogStream(_ context.Context, topicID types.TopicID, logStreamReplicas []*varlogpb.ReplicaDescriptor, opts ...varlog.AdminCallOption) (*varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/varlogtest/varlogtest_test.go b/pkg/varlogtest/varlogtest_test.go
index 9cb838421..543fe9e4e 100644
--- a/pkg/varlogtest/varlogtest_test.go
+++ b/pkg/varlogtest/varlogtest_test.go
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ func TestVarlogTest(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 
 	// No topic 1
-	_, err = adm.DescribeTopic(context.Background(), types.TopicID(1))
+	_, err = adm.ListLogStreams(context.Background(), types.TopicID(1))
 	require.Error(t, err)
 
 	// Add topics
@@ -375,10 +375,9 @@ func TestVarlogTest(t *testing.T) {
 		topicIDs = append(topicIDs, topicDesc.TopicID)
 		topicLogStreamsMap[topicDesc.TopicID] = topicDesc.LogStreams
 
-		rsp, err := adm.DescribeTopic(context.Background(), topicDesc.TopicID)
+		lsds, err := adm.ListLogStreams(context.Background(), topicDesc.TopicID)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Equal(t, *topicDesc, rsp.Topic)
-		require.Empty(t, rsp.LogStreams)
+		require.Empty(t, lsds)
 	}
 
 	// Append logs, but no log stream
@@ -423,17 +422,11 @@ func TestVarlogTest(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		require.Len(t, snIDSet, replicationFactor)
 
-		rsp, err := adm.DescribeTopic(context.Background(), tpID)
+		lsds, err := adm.ListLogStreams(context.Background(), tpID)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
-		require.Contains(t, rsp.Topic.LogStreams, lsDesc.LogStreamID)
-		require.Condition(t, func() bool {
-			for _, lsID := range rsp.Topic.LogStreams {
-				if lsID == lsDesc.LogStreamID {
-					return true
-				}
-			}
-			return false
-		})
+		require.True(t, slices.ContainsFunc(lsds, func(lsd varlogpb.LogStreamDescriptor) bool {
+			return lsd.LogStreamID == lsDesc.LogStreamID
+		}))
 
 		logStreamIDs = append(logStreamIDs, lsDesc.LogStreamID)
 		topicLogStreamsMap[tpID] = append(topicLogStreamsMap[tpID], lsDesc.LogStreamID)