diff --git a/transport/transport_test.go b/transport/transport_test.go
index 6a15bf30..9c4147cb 100644
--- a/transport/transport_test.go
+++ b/transport/transport_test.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"reflect"
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ const (
 	normal hType = iota
 	suspended
 	misbehaved
-	malformedStatus
+	encodingRequiredStatus
 )
 
 func (h *testStreamHandler) handleStream(t *testing.T, s *Stream) {
@@ -128,9 +129,8 @@ func (h *testStreamHandler) handleStreamMisbehave(t *testing.T, s *Stream) {
 	}
 }
 
-func (h *testStreamHandler) handleStreamMalformedStatus(t *testing.T, s *Stream) {
-	// raw newline is not accepted by http2 framer and a http2.StreamError is
-	// generated.
+func (h *testStreamHandler) handleStreamEncodingRequiredStatus(t *testing.T, s *Stream) {
+	// raw newline is not accepted by http2 framer so it must be encoded.
 	h.t.WriteStatus(s, codes.Internal, "\n")
 }
 
@@ -179,9 +179,9 @@ func (s *server) start(t *testing.T, port int, maxStreams uint32, ht hType) {
 			go transport.HandleStreams(func(s *Stream) {
 				go h.handleStreamMisbehave(t, s)
 			})
-		case malformedStatus:
+		case encodingRequiredStatus:
 			go transport.HandleStreams(func(s *Stream) {
-				go h.handleStreamMalformedStatus(t, s)
+				go h.handleStreamEncodingRequiredStatus(t, s)
 			})
 		default:
 			go transport.HandleStreams(func(s *Stream) {
@@ -663,8 +663,8 @@ func TestClientWithMisbehavedServer(t *testing.T) {
 	server.stop()
 }
 
-func TestMalformedStatus(t *testing.T) {
-	server, ct := setUp(t, 0, math.MaxUint32, malformedStatus)
+func TestEncodingRequiredStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	server, ct := setUp(t, 0, math.MaxUint32, encodingRequiredStatus)
 	callHdr := &CallHdr{
 		Host:   "localhost",
 		Method: "foo",
@@ -680,10 +680,8 @@ func TestMalformedStatus(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := ct.Write(s, expectedRequest, &opts); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to write the request: %v", err)
 	}
-	p := make([]byte, http2MaxFrameLen)
-	expectedErr := StreamErrorf(codes.Internal, "invalid header field value \"\\n\"")
-	if _, err = s.dec.Read(p); err != expectedErr {
-		t.Fatalf("Read the err %v, want %v", err, expectedErr)
+	if _, err = ioutil.ReadAll(s); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 	ct.Close()
 	server.stop()