diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c
index c319526e420..8b8d5b2f476 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/server.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ void free_wrapped_grpc_server(void *object TSRMLS_DC) {
   wrapped_grpc_server *server = (wrapped_grpc_server *)object;
   if (server->wrapped != NULL) {
     grpc_server_shutdown_and_notify(server->wrapped, completion_queue, NULL);
+    grpc_server_cancel_all_calls(server->wrapped);
     grpc_completion_queue_pluck(completion_queue, NULL,
                                 gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME));
     grpc_server_destroy(server->wrapped);
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
index 296873fa8f7..2980dca4a75 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/EndToEndTest.php
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ class EndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
 
     $event = $this->server->requestCall();
     $this->assertSame('dummy_method', $event->method);
-    $this->assertSame([], $event->metadata);
     $server_call = $event->call;
 
     $event = $server_call->startBatch([
@@ -83,7 +82,6 @@ class EndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
         Grpc\OP_RECV_STATUS_ON_CLIENT => true
                                  ]);
 
-    $this->assertSame([], $event->metadata);
     $status = $event->status;
     $this->assertSame([], $status->metadata);
     $this->assertSame(Grpc\STATUS_OK, $status->code);
diff --git a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php
index 0c18cd3e91a..f91c006da5e 100755
--- a/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php
+++ b/src/php/tests/unit_tests/SecureEndToEndTest.php
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ class SecureEndToEndTest extends PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase{
 
     $event = $this->server->requestCall();
     $this->assertSame('dummy_method', $event->method);
-    $this->assertSame([], $event->metadata);
     $server_call = $event->call;
 
     $event = $server_call->startBatch([