diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/client.cc b/test/cpp/interop/client.cc
index 65ce2e9c2a9..96149c5e756 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/client.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/client.cc
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ DEFINE_string(test_case, "large_unary",
               "ping_pong : full-duplex streaming; "
               "cancel_after_begin : cancel stream after starting it; "
               "cancel_after_first_response: cancel on first response; "
+              "timeout_on_sleeping_server: deadline exceeds on stream; "
               "service_account_creds : large_unary with service_account auth; "
               "compute_engine_creds: large_unary with compute engine auth; "
               "jwt_token_creds: large_unary with JWT token auth; "
@@ -101,6 +102,8 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     client.DoCancelAfterBegin();
   } else if (FLAGS_test_case == "cancel_after_first_response") {
     client.DoCancelAfterFirstResponse();
+  } else if (FLAGS_test_case == "timeout_on_sleeping_server") {
+    client.DoTimeoutOnSleepingServer();
   } else if (FLAGS_test_case == "service_account_creds") {
     grpc::string json_key = GetServiceAccountJsonKey();
     client.DoServiceAccountCreds(json_key, FLAGS_oauth_scope);
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     client.DoPingPong();
     client.DoCancelAfterBegin();
     client.DoCancelAfterFirstResponse();
+    client.DoTimeoutOnSleepingServer();
     // service_account_creds and jwt_token_creds can only run with ssl.
     if (FLAGS_enable_ssl) {
       grpc::string json_key = GetServiceAccountJsonKey();
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
         "Unsupported test case %s. Valid options are all|empty_unary|"
         "large_unary|client_streaming|server_streaming|half_duplex|ping_pong|"
         "cancel_after_begin|cancel_after_first_response|"
+        "timeout_on_sleeping_server|"
         "service_account_creds|compute_engine_creds|jwt_token_creds",
         FLAGS_test_case.c_str());
     ret = 1;
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
index f08f90b1399..d88eff759c8 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.cc
@@ -351,5 +351,26 @@ void InteropClient::DoCancelAfterFirstResponse() {
   gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Canceling pingpong streaming done.");
 }
 
+void InteropClient::DoTimeoutOnSleepingServer() {
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Sending Ping Pong streaming rpc with a short deadline...");
+  std::unique_ptr<TestService::Stub> stub(TestService::NewStub(channel_));
+
+  ClientContext context;
+  std::chrono::system_clock::time_point deadline =
+      std::chrono::system_clock::now() + std::chrono::milliseconds(1);
+  context.set_deadline(deadline);
+  std::unique_ptr<ClientReaderWriter<StreamingOutputCallRequest,
+                                     StreamingOutputCallResponse>>
+      stream(stub->FullDuplexCall(&context));
+
+  StreamingOutputCallRequest request;
+  request.mutable_payload()->set_body(grpc::string(27182, '\0'));
+  stream->Write(request);
+
+  Status s = stream->Finish();
+  GPR_ASSERT(s.error_code() == StatusCode::DEADLINE_EXCEEDED);
+  gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Pingpong streaming timeout done.");
+}
+
 }  // namespace testing
 }  // namespace grpc
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h
index d9c895dfd92..d02e583d94a 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/interop_client.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class InteropClient {
   void DoResponseStreamingWithSlowConsumer();
   void DoCancelAfterBegin();
   void DoCancelAfterFirstResponse();
+  void DoTimeoutOnSleepingServer();
   // Auth tests.
   // username is a string containing the user email
   void DoJwtTokenCreds(const grpc::string& username);
diff --git a/test/cpp/interop/server.cc b/test/cpp/interop/server.cc
index 22b8910a249..db87872cf5d 100644
--- a/test/cpp/interop/server.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/interop/server.cc
@@ -149,14 +149,12 @@ class TestServiceImpl : public TestService::Service {
     StreamingOutputCallResponse response;
     bool write_success = true;
     while (write_success && stream->Read(&request)) {
-      response.mutable_payload()->set_type(request.payload().type());
-      if (request.response_parameters_size() == 0) {
-        return Status(grpc::StatusCode::INTERNAL,
-                      "Request does not have response parameters.");
+      if (request.response_parameters_size() != 0) {
+        response.mutable_payload()->set_type(request.payload().type());
+        response.mutable_payload()->set_body(
+            grpc::string(request.response_parameters(0).size(), '\0'));
+        write_success = stream->Write(response);
       }
-      response.mutable_payload()->set_body(
-          grpc::string(request.response_parameters(0).size(), '\0'));
-      write_success = stream->Write(response);
     }
     if (write_success) {
       return Status::OK;