diff --git a/src/cpp/common/call.cc b/src/cpp/common/call.cc
index 70daa6a3b0425c34b6a221f6868d4984e5a2a5b4..f1142cf8e568acf50d75fd348ef9dbddf0d081e7 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/call.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/call.cc
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ void CallOpBuffer::FinalizeResult(void** tag, bool* status) {
   // Parse received message if any.
   if (recv_message_) {
     if (recv_message_buf_) {
-      got_message = true;
+      got_message = *status;
       *status = *status && DeserializeProto(recv_message_buf_, recv_message_);
       grpc_byte_buffer_destroy(recv_message_buf_);
       recv_message_buf_ = nullptr;