diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
index 9979cf8eaa5e46a34245944a5e6b17d6aa4bba22..172179fe23542f0a12304fc7ec444406a0039cbf 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
@@ -1321,7 +1321,7 @@ static void perform_stream_op_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *stream_op,
         grpc_chttp2_complete_closure_step(
             exec_ctx, t, s, &s->send_trailing_metadata_finished,
             grpc_metadata_batch_is_empty(
-                op->payload->send_initial_metadata.send_initial_metadata)
+                op->payload->send_trailing_metadata.send_trailing_metadata)
                 ? GRPC_ERROR_NONE
                 : GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_FROM_STATIC_STRING(
                       "Attempt to send trailing metadata after "