diff --git a/transport/http2_client.go b/transport/http2_client.go
index e9e85434..ed38544a 100644
--- a/transport/http2_client.go
+++ b/transport/http2_client.go
@@ -581,6 +581,10 @@ func (t *http2Client) handleRSTStream(f *http2.RSTStreamFrame) {
 		return
 	}
 	s.state = streamDone
+	if !s.headerDone {
+		close(s.headerChan)
+		s.headerDone = true
+	}
 	s.statusCode, ok = http2RSTErrConvTab[http2.ErrCode(f.ErrCode)]
 	if !ok {
 		grpclog.Println("transport: http2Client.handleRSTStream found no mapped gRPC status for the received http2 error ", f.ErrCode)