diff --git a/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsConverterUtil.java b/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsConverterUtil.java
index bc61a78d50e..63152c7b146 100644
--- a/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsConverterUtil.java
+++ b/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsConverterUtil.java
@@ -84,13 +84,8 @@ private static List<Endpoint> convertEndpoints(ClusterLoadAssignment clusterLoad
     private static boolean containsFilterMetadata(Struct filterMetadata, Struct endpointMetadata) {
         final Map<String, Value> endpointMetadataMap = endpointMetadata.getFieldsMap();
         for (Entry<String, Value> entry : filterMetadata.getFieldsMap().entrySet()) {
-            final Value filterMetadataValue = entry.getValue();
-            if (filterMetadataValue == Value.getDefaultInstance()) {
-                // If the value is the default, consider they are the same.
-                continue;
-            }
             final Value value = endpointMetadataMap.get(entry.getKey());
-            if (value == null || !value.equals(filterMetadataValue)) {
+            if (value == null || !value.equals(entry.getValue())) {
                 return false;
             }
         }
diff --git a/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsEndpointGroup.java b/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsEndpointGroup.java
index 1dd0c4a49b9..993c2eb5001 100644
--- a/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsEndpointGroup.java
+++ b/xds/src/main/java/com/linecorp/armeria/xds/XdsEndpointGroup.java
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 import io.envoyproxy.envoy.config.endpoint.v3.ClusterLoadAssignment;
 import io.envoyproxy.envoy.config.route.v3.Route;
 import io.envoyproxy.envoy.config.route.v3.RouteAction;
-import io.envoyproxy.envoy.config.route.v3.VirtualHost;
 
 /**
  * Provides a simple {@link EndpointGroup} which listens to an xDS cluster to select endpoints.
@@ -157,10 +156,9 @@ private void setEndpoints(EndpointSnapshot endpointSnapshot) {
     }
 
     private static Struct filterMetadata(ClusterSnapshot clusterSnapshot) {
-        final VirtualHost virtualHost = clusterSnapshot.virtualHost();
-        assert virtualHost != null;
-        final Route routes = virtualHost.getRoutes(0);
-        final RouteAction action = routes.getRoute();
+        final Route route = clusterSnapshot.route();
+        assert route != null;
+        final RouteAction action = route.getRoute();
         return action.getMetadataMatch().getFilterMetadataOrDefault(SUBSET_LOAD_BALANCING_FILTER_NAME,
                                                                     Struct.getDefaultInstance());
     }