diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c
index 3007b620248..501db89b7b2 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_hostname.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ static void simple_request_body(grpc_end2end_test_fixture f) {
   cq_expect_completion(cqv, tag(1), 1);
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
-  GPR_ASSERT(status == GRPC_STATUS_FAILED_PRECONDITION);
+  GPR_ASSERT(status == GRPC_STATUS_INVALID_ARGUMENT);
 
   gpr_free(details);
   grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&initial_metadata_recv);