diff --git a/include/grpc++/stream.h b/include/grpc++/stream.h
index 7625bcc38d314896e4eaaf4cd729bf7ec2259f07..6647e345c0c314334fd58b9853f5b71c7cf76621 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/stream.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/stream.h
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ class ClientWriter GRPC_FINAL : public ClientStreamingInterface,
     buf.AddRecvMessage(response_);
     buf.AddClientRecvStatus(context_, &status);
     call_.PerformOps(&buf);
-    GPR_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&buf) && buf.got_message);
+    GPR_ASSERT(cq_.Pluck(&buf));
     return status;
   }
 
diff --git a/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc b/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc
index cea2d24831cfdc8d751806b93af183552ff82986..cdbe042d213a8008175494132bfde753bab9d4f7 100644
--- a/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/common/completion_queue.cc
@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ bool CompletionQueue::Pluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag) {
   void* ignored = tag;
   GPR_ASSERT(tag->FinalizeResult(&ignored, &ok));
   GPR_ASSERT(ignored == tag);
-  return ok;
+  // Ignore mutations by FinalizeResult: Pluck returns the C API status
+  return ev->data.op_complete == GRPC_OP_OK;
 }
 
 void CompletionQueue::TryPluck(CompletionQueueTag* tag) {
diff --git a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
index 2d3b405d1c0984a24e1fcb87362c0c65ed5d7759..48174ec127c99128979a8e31b76d7f320559cf1a 100644
--- a/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/end2end/end2end_test.cc
@@ -491,6 +491,27 @@ TEST_F(End2endTest, ServerCancelsRpc) {
   EXPECT_TRUE(s.details().empty());
 }
 
+// Client cancels request stream after sending two messages
+TEST_F(End2endTest, ClientCancelsRequestStream) {
+  ResetStub();
+  EchoRequest request;
+  EchoResponse response;
+  ClientContext context;
+  request.set_message("hello");
+
+  auto stream = stub_->RequestStream(&context, &response);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream->Write(request));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream->Write(request));
+  
+  context.TryCancel();
+
+  Status s = stream->Finish();
+  EXPECT_EQ(grpc::StatusCode::CANCELLED, s.code());
+  
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.message(), "");
+
+}
+
 // Client cancels server stream after sending some messages
 TEST_F(End2endTest, ClientCancelsResponseStream) {
   ResetStub();