diff --git a/src/core/surface/call.c b/src/core/surface/call.c
index a162d99193d1b0ffea6d3dcab8dd599b32898646..d18319a97da46b74109b3cefb3cff2e1e91c22a9 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/call.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/call.c
@@ -1060,6 +1060,7 @@ static void receiving_stream_ready(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *bctlp,
 
   if (call->receiving_stream == NULL) {
     *call->receiving_buffer = NULL;
+    call->receiving_message = 0; 
     if (gpr_unref(&bctl->steps_to_complete)) {
       post_batch_completion(exec_ctx, bctl);
     }
@@ -1070,6 +1071,7 @@ static void receiving_stream_ready(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *bctlp,
     grpc_byte_stream_destroy(call->receiving_stream);
     call->receiving_stream = NULL;
     *call->receiving_buffer = NULL;
+    call->receiving_message = 0; 
     if (gpr_unref(&bctl->steps_to_complete)) {
       post_batch_completion(exec_ctx, bctl);
     }
diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
index dd02c4ac16c526865c948e0630b792e7b41eaa3f..bbeac7a30b39c41e217ccf743d5486d060280e8a 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
@@ -543,6 +543,7 @@ TEST_P(End2endTest, BidiStream) {
 
   stream->WritesDone();
   EXPECT_FALSE(stream->Read(&response));
+  EXPECT_FALSE(stream->Read(&response));
 
   Status s = stream->Finish();
   EXPECT_TRUE(s.ok());