diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c
index b4c5ed769b9cf0cc689411454738125bfe17033c..20043f5fbf431cd9a275cf6e3ae782b6b7e4fc98 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/frame_rst_stream.c
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ grpc_error *grpc_chttp2_rst_stream_parser_parse(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                       (((uint32_t)p->reason_bytes[2]) << 8) |
                       (((uint32_t)p->reason_bytes[3]));
     grpc_error *error = GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
-    if (reason != GRPC_CHTTP2_NO_ERROR) {
+    if (reason != GRPC_CHTTP2_NO_ERROR || s->header_frames_received < 2) {
       error = grpc_error_set_int(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("RST_STREAM"),
                                  GRPC_ERROR_INT_HTTP2_ERROR, (intptr_t)reason);
       grpc_status_code status_code = grpc_chttp2_http2_error_to_grpc_status(