diff --git a/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go b/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go
index ca1a38de0f86..f438b9941993 100644
--- a/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go
+++ b/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go
@@ -348,6 +348,7 @@ func handleStreamCloseBodyTest(t *testing.T, statusCode codes.Code, msg string)
 	st.ht.HandleStreams(
 		context.Background(), func(s *ServerStream) { go handleStream(s) },
 	)
+
 	wantHeader := http.Header{
 		"Date":         nil,
 		"Content-Type": {"application/grpc"},
@@ -379,6 +380,15 @@ func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
+	// rst flag setting to verify the noop function: signalDeadlineExceeded
+	ch := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	origSignalDeadlineExceeded := signalDeadlineExceeded
+	signalDeadlineExceeded = func() {
+		ch <- struct{}{}
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		signalDeadlineExceeded = origSignalDeadlineExceeded
+	}()
 	runStream := func(s *ServerStream) {
 		defer bodyw.Close()
 		select {
@@ -392,7 +402,9 @@ func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Errorf("ctx.Err = %v; want %v", err, context.DeadlineExceeded)
 			return
 		}
+
 		s.WriteStatus(status.New(codes.DeadlineExceeded, "too slow"))
+
 	}
 	ht.HandleStreams(
 		context.Background(), func(s *ServerStream) { go runStream(s) },
@@ -407,6 +419,13 @@ func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_Timeout(t *testing.T) {
 		"Grpc-Message": {encodeGrpcMessage("too slow")},
 	}
 	checkHeaderAndTrailer(t, rw, wantHeader, wantTrailer)
+	select {
+	case <-ch: // Signal received, continue with the test
+	case <-time.After(5 * time.Second):
+		t.Errorf("timeout waiting for signalDeadlineExceeded")
+		return
+	}
+
 }
 
 // TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_MultiWriteStatus ensures that
diff --git a/internal/transport/http2_server.go b/internal/transport/http2_server.go
index 0055fddd7ecf..4007dce97445 100644
--- a/internal/transport/http2_server.go
+++ b/internal/transport/http2_server.go
@@ -1100,6 +1100,9 @@ func (t *http2Server) writeStatus(s *ServerStream, st *status.Status) error {
 	}
 	// Send a RST_STREAM after the trailers if the client has not already half-closed.
 	rst := s.getState() == streamActive
+	if rst {
+		signalDeadlineExceeded()
+	}
 	t.finishStream(s, rst, http2.ErrCodeNo, trailingHeader, true)
 	for _, sh := range t.stats {
 		// Note: The trailer fields are compressed with hpack after this call returns.
@@ -1111,6 +1114,8 @@ func (t *http2Server) writeStatus(s *ServerStream, st *status.Status) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+var signalDeadlineExceeded = func() {}
+
 // Write converts the data into HTTP2 data frame and sends it out. Non-nil error
 // is returns if it fails (e.g., framing error, transport error).
 func (t *http2Server) write(s *ServerStream, hdr []byte, data mem.BufferSlice, _ *WriteOptions) error {