diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/InteropClient.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/InteropClient.cs
index a406a60024276bca712b5978bc1790aae71157bc..aea40afee2c4fbc5a855fb2d7f697b2f072faf2a 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/InteropClient.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.IntegrationTesting/InteropClient.cs
@@ -505,9 +505,16 @@ namespace Grpc.IntegrationTesting
                     // Deadline was reached before write has started. Eat the exception and continue.
                 }
 
-                var ex = Assert.ThrowsAsync<RpcException>(async () => await call.ResponseStream.MoveNext());
-                // We can't guarantee the status code always DeadlineExceeded. See issue #2685.
-                Assert.Contains(ex.Status.StatusCode, new[] { StatusCode.DeadlineExceeded, StatusCode.Internal });
+                try
+                {
+                    await call.ResponseStream.MoveNext();
+                    Assert.Fail();
+                }
+                catch (RpcException ex)
+                {
+                    // We can't guarantee the status code always DeadlineExceeded. See issue #2685.
+                    Assert.Contains(ex.Status.StatusCode, new[] { StatusCode.DeadlineExceeded, StatusCode.Internal });
+                }
             }
             Console.WriteLine("Passed!");
         }