diff --git a/source/common/http/http2/codec_impl.cc b/source/common/http/http2/codec_impl.cc
index 1f8559c7c666..8a26aaa6adb9 100644
--- a/source/common/http/http2/codec_impl.cc
+++ b/source/common/http/http2/codec_impl.cc
@@ -1832,6 +1832,8 @@ ConnectionImpl::ClientHttp2Options::ClientHttp2Options(
     const envoy::config::core::v3::Http2ProtocolOptions& http2_options, uint32_t max_headers_kb)
     : Http2Options(http2_options, max_headers_kb) {
   og_options_.perspective = http2::adapter::Perspective::kClient;
+  og_options_.remote_max_concurrent_streams =
+      ::Envoy::Http2::Utility::OptionsLimits::DEFAULT_MAX_CONCURRENT_STREAMS;
   // Temporarily disable initial max streams limit/protection, since we might want to create
   // more than 100 streams before receiving the HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame from the server.
   //