diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.cc b/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.cc
index 4c357e077e2..713975a33f1 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.cc
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/streaming_error_response.cc
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ static void end_test(grpc_end2end_test_fixture* f) {
 }
 
 /* Client sends a request with payload, server reads then returns status. */
-static void test(grpc_end2end_test_config config, bool request_status_early) {
+static void test(grpc_end2end_test_config config, bool request_status_early,
+                 bool recv_message_separately) {
   grpc_call* c;
   grpc_call* s;
   grpc_slice response_payload1_slice = grpc_slice_from_copied_string("hello");
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ static void test(grpc_end2end_test_config config, bool request_status_early) {
   int was_cancelled = 2;
 
   gpr_timespec deadline = five_seconds_from_now();
+  GPR_ASSERT(!recv_message_separately || request_status_early);
   c = grpc_channel_create_call(f.client, nullptr, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, f.cq,
                                grpc_slice_from_static_string("/foo"), nullptr,
                                deadline, nullptr);
@@ -136,9 +138,11 @@ static void test(grpc_end2end_test_config config, bool request_status_early) {
   op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_INITIAL_METADATA;
   op->data.recv_initial_metadata.recv_initial_metadata = &initial_metadata_recv;
   op++;
-  op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_MESSAGE;
-  op->data.recv_message.recv_message = &response_payload1_recv;
-  op++;
+  if (!recv_message_separately) {
+    op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_MESSAGE;
+    op->data.recv_message.recv_message = &response_payload1_recv;
+    op++;
+  }
   if (request_status_early) {
     op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_STATUS_ON_CLIENT;
     op->data.recv_status_on_client.trailing_metadata = &trailing_metadata_recv;
@@ -168,10 +172,24 @@ static void test(grpc_end2end_test_config config, bool request_status_early) {
                                 nullptr);
   GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
 
+  if (recv_message_separately) {
+    memset(ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
+    op = ops;
+    op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_MESSAGE;
+    op->data.recv_message.recv_message = &response_payload1_recv;
+    op++;
+    error = grpc_call_start_batch(c, ops, static_cast<size_t>(op - ops), tag(4),
+                                  nullptr);
+    GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+  }
+
   CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(102), 1);
   if (!request_status_early) {
     CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(1), 1);
   }
+  if (recv_message_separately) {
+    CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(4), 1);
+  }
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
   memset(ops, 0, sizeof(ops));
@@ -265,8 +283,9 @@ static void test(grpc_end2end_test_config config, bool request_status_early) {
 }
 
 void streaming_error_response(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
-  test(config, false);
-  test(config, true);
+  test(config, false, false);
+  test(config, true, false);
+  test(config, true, true);
 }
 
 void streaming_error_response_pre_init(void) {}