diff --git a/src/core/surface/call.c b/src/core/surface/call.c
index ca42eddad00..4d2ba7cd7d5 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/call.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/call.c
@@ -582,6 +582,23 @@ static void finish_ioreq_op(grpc_call *call, grpc_ioreq_op op, int success) {
   }
 }
 
+static void early_out_write_ops(grpc_call *call) {
+  switch (call->write_state) {
+    case WRITE_STATE_WRITE_CLOSED:
+      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_MESSAGE, 0);
+      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_STATUS, 0);
+      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_TRAILING_METADATA, 0);
+      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_CLOSE, 1);
+    /* fallthrough */
+    case WRITE_STATE_STARTED:
+      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA, 0);
+    /* fallthrough */
+    case WRITE_STATE_INITIAL:
+      /* do nothing */
+      break;
+  }
+}
+
 static void call_on_done_send(void *pc, int success) {
   grpc_call *call = pc;
   lock(call);
@@ -600,6 +617,7 @@ static void call_on_done_send(void *pc, int success) {
   }
   if (!success) {
     call->write_state = WRITE_STATE_WRITE_CLOSED;
+    early_out_write_ops(call);
   }
   call->send_ops.nops = 0;
   call->last_send_contains = 0;
@@ -921,23 +939,6 @@ static void finish_read_ops(grpc_call *call) {
   }
 }
 
-static void early_out_write_ops(grpc_call *call) {
-  switch (call->write_state) {
-    case WRITE_STATE_WRITE_CLOSED:
-      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_MESSAGE, 0);
-      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_STATUS, 0);
-      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_TRAILING_METADATA, 0);
-      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_CLOSE, 1);
-    /* fallthrough */
-    case WRITE_STATE_STARTED:
-      finish_ioreq_op(call, GRPC_IOREQ_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA, 0);
-    /* fallthrough */
-    case WRITE_STATE_INITIAL:
-      /* do nothing */
-      break;
-  }
-}
-
 static grpc_call_error start_ioreq(grpc_call *call, const grpc_ioreq *reqs,
                                    size_t nreqs,
                                    grpc_ioreq_completion_func completion,