diff --git a/client/v3/client.go b/client/v3/client.go
index 8789acb38c86..aee0aa2cc265 100644
--- a/client/v3/client.go
+++ b/client/v3/client.go
@@ -384,14 +384,13 @@ func newClient(cfg *Config) (*Client, error) {
 
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(baseCtx)
 	client := &Client{
-		conn:     nil,
-		cfg:      *cfg,
-		creds:    creds,
-		ctx:      ctx,
-		cancel:   cancel,
-		epMu:     new(sync.RWMutex),
-		callOpts: defaultCallOpts,
-		lgMu:     new(sync.RWMutex),
+		conn:   nil,
+		cfg:    *cfg,
+		creds:  creds,
+		ctx:    ctx,
+		cancel: cancel,
+		epMu:   new(sync.RWMutex),
+		lgMu:   new(sync.RWMutex),
 	}
 
 	var err error
@@ -414,22 +413,9 @@ func newClient(cfg *Config) (*Client, error) {
 		client.Password = cfg.Password
 		client.authTokenBundle = credentials.NewPerRPCCredentialBundle()
 	}
-	if cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize > 0 || cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize > 0 {
-		if cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize > 0 && cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize > cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("gRPC message recv limit (%d bytes) must be greater than send limit (%d bytes)", cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize, cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize)
-		}
-		callOpts := []grpc.CallOption{
-			defaultWaitForReady,
-			defaultMaxCallSendMsgSize,
-			defaultMaxCallRecvMsgSize,
-		}
-		if cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize > 0 {
-			callOpts[1] = grpc.MaxCallSendMsgSize(cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize)
-		}
-		if cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize > 0 {
-			callOpts[2] = grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize)
-		}
-		client.callOpts = callOpts
+	client.callOpts, err = Options(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	client.resolver = resolver.New(cfg.Endpoints...)
diff --git a/client/v3/kubernetes/client.go b/client/v3/kubernetes/client.go
index 4ca0e5fe8c1f..5a7c0728e68a 100644
--- a/client/v3/kubernetes/client.go
+++ b/client/v3/kubernetes/client.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ package kubernetes
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"google.golang.org/grpc"
+
 	pb "go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3/etcdserverpb"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/api/v3/mvccpb"
 	clientv3 "go.etcd.io/etcd/client/v3"
@@ -33,6 +35,10 @@ func New(cfg clientv3.Config) (*Client, error) {
 		Client: c,
 		kv:     clientv3.RetryKVClient(c),
 	}
+	kc.callOpts, err = clientv3.Options(&cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	kc.Kubernetes = kc
 	return kc, nil
 }
@@ -41,12 +47,13 @@ type Client struct {
 	*clientv3.Client
 	Kubernetes Interface
 	kv         pb.KVClient
+	callOpts   []grpc.CallOption
 }
 
 var _ Interface = (*Client)(nil)
 
 func (k Client) Get(ctx context.Context, key string, opts GetOptions) (resp GetResponse, err error) {
-	rangeResp, err := k.kv.Range(ctx, getRequest(key, opts.Revision))
+	rangeResp, err := k.kv.Range(ctx, getRequest(key, opts.Revision), k.callOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return resp, clientv3.ContextError(ctx, err)
 	}
@@ -66,7 +73,7 @@ func (k Client) List(ctx context.Context, prefix string, opts ListOptions) (resp
 		RangeEnd: []byte(rangeEnd),
 		Limit:    opts.Limit,
 		Revision: opts.Revision,
-	})
+	}, k.callOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return resp, clientv3.ContextError(ctx, err)
 	}
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ func (k Client) Count(ctx context.Context, prefix string, _ CountOptions) (int64
 		Key:       []byte(prefix),
 		RangeEnd:  []byte(clientv3.GetPrefixRangeEnd(prefix)),
 		CountOnly: true,
-	})
+	}, k.callOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, clientv3.ContextError(ctx, err)
 	}
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@ func (k Client) optimisticTxn(ctx context.Context, key string, expectedRevision
 	if onFailure != nil {
 		txn.Failure = []*pb.RequestOp{onFailure}
 	}
-	return k.kv.Txn(ctx, txn)
+	return k.kv.Txn(ctx, txn, k.callOpts...)
 }
 
 func getRequest(key string, revision int64) *pb.RangeRequest {
diff --git a/client/v3/options.go b/client/v3/options.go
index cc10a03d76d1..9efd66dd35ba 100644
--- a/client/v3/options.go
+++ b/client/v3/options.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package clientv3
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"time"
 
@@ -67,3 +68,24 @@ var defaultCallOpts = []grpc.CallOption{
 
 // MaxLeaseTTL is the maximum lease TTL value
 const MaxLeaseTTL = 9000000000
+
+func Options(cfg *Config) ([]grpc.CallOption, error) {
+	callOpts := defaultCallOpts
+	if cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize > 0 || cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize > 0 {
+		if cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize > 0 && cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize > cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("gRPC message recv limit (%d bytes) must be greater than send limit (%d bytes)", cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize, cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize)
+		}
+		callOpts = []grpc.CallOption{
+			defaultWaitForReady,
+			defaultMaxCallSendMsgSize,
+			defaultMaxCallRecvMsgSize,
+		}
+		if cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize > 0 {
+			callOpts[1] = grpc.MaxCallSendMsgSize(cfg.MaxCallSendMsgSize)
+		}
+		if cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize > 0 {
+			callOpts[2] = grpc.MaxCallRecvMsgSize(cfg.MaxCallRecvMsgSize)
+		}
+	}
+	return callOpts, nil
+}