diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
index 6d25f5c7724..87d0aacd159 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
@@ -2204,9 +2204,12 @@ void grpc_chttp2_mark_stream_closed(grpc_chttp2_transport* t,
                                     grpc_chttp2_stream* s, int close_reads,
                                     int close_writes, grpc_error* error) {
   if (s->read_closed && s->write_closed) {
-    /* already closed */
+    /* already closed, but we should still fake the status if needed. */
+    grpc_error* overall_error = removal_error(error, s, "Stream removed");
+    if (overall_error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
+      grpc_chttp2_fake_status(t, s, overall_error);
+    }
     grpc_chttp2_maybe_complete_recv_trailing_metadata(t, s);
-    GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
     return;
   }
   bool closed_read = false;