diff --git a/src/core/ext/client_channel/client_channel.c b/src/core/ext/client_channel/client_channel.c
index 43f7e619cfc..49ea7f06be9 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/client_channel/client_channel.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/client_channel/client_channel.c
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ static void cc_start_transport_stream_op_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                                 void *arg,
                                                 grpc_error *error_ignored) {
   grpc_transport_stream_op *op = arg;
-  grpc_call_element *elem = op->transport_private.args[0];
+  grpc_call_element *elem = op->handler_private.args[0];
   call_data *calld = elem->call_data;
   channel_data *chand = elem->channel_data;
   grpc_subchannel_call *call;
@@ -992,10 +992,10 @@ static void cc_start_transport_stream_op(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
   }
   /* we failed; lock and figure out what to do */
   GRPC_CALL_STACK_REF(calld->owning_call, "start_transport_stream_op");
-  op->transport_private.args[0] = elem;
+  op->handler_private.args[0] = elem;
   grpc_closure_sched(
       exec_ctx,
-      grpc_closure_init(&op->transport_private.closure,
+      grpc_closure_init(&op->handler_private.closure,
                         cc_start_transport_stream_op_locked, op,
                         grpc_combiner_scheduler(chand->combiner, false)),
       GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
index 3ee5e976f84..c00e64f0338 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
@@ -1033,8 +1033,8 @@ static void perform_stream_op_locked(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *stream_op,
   GPR_TIMER_BEGIN("perform_stream_op_locked", 0);
 
   grpc_transport_stream_op *op = stream_op;
-  grpc_chttp2_transport *t = op->transport_private.args[0];
-  grpc_chttp2_stream *s = op->transport_private.args[1];
+  grpc_chttp2_transport *t = op->handler_private.args[0];
+  grpc_chttp2_stream *s = op->handler_private.args[1];
 
   if (grpc_http_trace) {
     char *str = grpc_transport_stream_op_string(op);
@@ -1255,13 +1255,13 @@ static void perform_stream_op(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_transport *gt,
     gpr_free(str);
   }
 
-  op->transport_private.args[0] = gt;
-  op->transport_private.args[1] = gs;
+  op->handler_private.args[0] = gt;
+  op->handler_private.args[1] = gs;
   GRPC_CHTTP2_STREAM_REF(s, "perform_stream_op");
   grpc_closure_sched(
       exec_ctx,
       grpc_closure_init(
-          &op->transport_private.closure, perform_stream_op_locked, op,
+          &op->handler_private.closure, perform_stream_op_locked, op,
           grpc_combiner_scheduler(t->combiner, op->covered_by_poller)),
       GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
   GPR_TIMER_END("perform_stream_op", 0);
diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
index 9a0abe1ca46..e56bf2780ab 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@ typedef struct grpc_transport_stream_op {
 
   /***************************************************************************
    * remaining fields are initialized and used at the discretion of the
-   * transport implementation */
+   * current handler of the op */
 
-  grpc_transport_private_op_data transport_private;
+  grpc_transport_private_op_data handler_private;
 } grpc_transport_stream_op;
 
 /** Transport op: a set of operations to perform on a transport as a whole */