diff --git a/server.go b/server.go
index 85beec413974..ff71435fad72 100644
--- a/server.go
+++ b/server.go
@@ -1156,10 +1156,8 @@ func (s *Server) processUnaryRPC(t transport.ServerTransport, stream *transport.
 	}
 	d, err := recvAndDecompress(&parser{r: stream}, stream, dc, s.opts.maxReceiveMessageSize, payInfo, decomp)
 	if err != nil {
-		if st, ok := status.FromError(err); ok {
-			if e := t.WriteStatus(stream, st); e != nil {
-				channelz.Warningf(logger, s.channelzID, "grpc: Server.processUnaryRPC failed to write status %v", e)
-			}
+		if e := t.WriteStatus(stream, status.Convert(err)); e != nil {
+			channelz.Warningf(logger, s.channelzID, "grpc: Server.processUnaryRPC failed to write status %v", e)
 		}
 		return err
 	}