diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
index f7f57ac825cd224bc9bc43d39cd0ad22bdc56964..00a5be419ef068d624ddf68dfeb7071699c7aa64 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/cronet/transport/cronet_transport.c
@@ -781,7 +781,7 @@ static enum e_op_result execute_stream_op(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                                 &cronet_callbacks);
     CRONET_LOG(GPR_DEBUG, "%p = cronet_bidirectional_stream_create()", s->cbs);
     char *url = NULL;
-    const char *method = NULL;
+    const char *method = "POST";
     s->header_array.headers = NULL;
     convert_metadata_to_cronet_headers(
         stream_op->send_initial_metadata->list.head, s->curr_ct.host, &url,