diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
index 0b9189558f82ed7a786c7d602bfa0495c46d1537..3ca6b2fdf695363f7d23918b98b4db46c604c70a 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
@@ -1124,7 +1124,7 @@ static enum e_op_result execute_stream_op(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
           if (stream_state->rs.compressed) {
             stream_state->rs.sbs.base.flags |= GRPC_WRITE_INTERNAL_COMPRESS;
           }
-          *((grpc_byte_buffer **)stream_op->recv_message) =
+          *((grpc_byte_buffer **)stream_op->payload->recv_message.recv_message) =
               (grpc_byte_buffer *)&stream_state->rs.sbs;
           grpc_closure_sched(
               exec_ctx, stream_op->payload->recv_message.recv_message_ready,