diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
index 38e782b9b4f..01a19eca05d 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
@@ -1764,6 +1764,7 @@ static grpc_error *try_http_parsing(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
 static void parsing_action(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
                            grpc_error *error) {
   grpc_chttp2_transport *t = arg;
+  grpc_error *err = GRPC_ERROR_NONE;
   GPR_TIMER_BEGIN("reading_action.parse", 0);
   size_t i = 0;
   grpc_error *errors[3] = {GRPC_ERROR_REF(error), GRPC_ERROR_NONE,
@@ -1772,15 +1773,13 @@ static void parsing_action(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
     errors[1] = grpc_chttp2_perform_read(exec_ctx, &t->parsing,
                                          t->read_buffer.slices[i]);
   };
-  if (i != t->read_buffer.count) {
+  if (errors[1] == GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+    err = GRPC_ERROR_REF(error);
+  } else {
     errors[2] = try_http_parsing(exec_ctx, t);
+    err = GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_REFERENCING("Failed parsing HTTP/2", errors,
+                                        GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(errors));
   }
-  grpc_error *err =
-      errors[0] == GRPC_ERROR_NONE && errors[1] == GRPC_ERROR_NONE &&
-              errors[2] == GRPC_ERROR_NONE
-          ? GRPC_ERROR_NONE
-          : GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_REFERENCING("Failed parsing HTTP/2", errors,
-                                          GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(errors));
   for (i = 0; i < GPR_ARRAY_SIZE(errors); i++) {
     GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(errors[i]);
   }
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c b/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c
index cca75f54a5f..ab80adf0e06 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
 
 #define UNPARSEABLE_DETAIL_MSG "Failed parsing HTTP/2"
 
+#define HTTP1_DETAIL_MSG "Trying to connect an http1.x server"
+
 /* TODO(zyc) Check the content of incomming data instead of using this length */
 #define EXPECTED_INCOMING_DATA_LENGTH (size_t)310
 
@@ -334,7 +336,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 
   /* http1 response */
   run_test(HTTP1_RESP, sizeof(HTTP1_RESP) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
-           UNPARSEABLE_DETAIL_MSG);
+           HTTP1_DETAIL_MSG);
 
   return 0;
 }