diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
index 1e9a460628e05c37e627f08eed22d7b2589a1bda..54c0252fb9939771f15f60c41d6eee4632edf5e7 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
@@ -2683,7 +2683,6 @@ grpc_chttp2_incoming_byte_stream *grpc_chttp2_incoming_byte_stream_create(
   gpr_ref_init(&incoming_byte_stream->refs, 2);
   incoming_byte_stream->transport = t;
   incoming_byte_stream->stream = s;
-  incoming_byte_stream->is_tail = 1;
   s->byte_stream_error = GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
   return incoming_byte_stream;
 }