diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImpl.java
index 1efa4bf78b0..113aeb3fab7 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImpl.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.MoreObjects;
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.SettableFuture;
 import io.grpc.Attributes;
@@ -53,7 +54,6 @@
 import io.grpc.ServerServiceDefinition;
 import io.grpc.ServerTransportFilter;
 import io.grpc.Status;
-import io.grpc.StatusException;
 import io.perfmark.Link;
 import io.perfmark.PerfMark;
 import io.perfmark.Tag;
@@ -606,17 +606,11 @@ public void runInContext() {
 
         private void runInternal() {
           ServerStreamListener listener = NOOP_LISTENER;
-          ServerCallParameters<?,?> callParameters;
           try {
             if (future.isCancelled()) {
               return;
             }
-            if (!future.isDone() || (callParameters = future.get()) == null) {
-              Status status = Status.INTERNAL.withDescription(
-                      "Unexpected failure retrieving server call parameters.");
-              throw new StatusException(status);
-            }
-            listener = startWrappedCall(methodName, callParameters, headers);
+            listener = startWrappedCall(methodName, Futures.getDone(future), headers);
           } catch (Throwable ex) {
             stream.close(Status.fromThrowable(ex), new Metadata());
             context.cancel(null);
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImplTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImplTest.java
index a7152919b3b..2a9dbd5a1fe 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImplTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerImplTest.java
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@
 import io.grpc.ServerTransportFilter;
 import io.grpc.ServiceDescriptor;
 import io.grpc.Status;
+import io.grpc.Status.Code;
 import io.grpc.StringMarshaller;
 import io.grpc.internal.ServerImpl.JumpToApplicationThreadServerStreamListener;
 import io.grpc.internal.ServerImplBuilder.ClientTransportServersBuilder;
@@ -533,6 +534,7 @@ public ServerCall.Listener<String> startCall(
   }
 
   @Test
+  @SuppressWarnings("CheckReturnValue")
   public void executorSupplierFutureNotSet() throws Exception {
     builder.executorSupplier = new ServerCallExecutorSupplier() {
       @Override
@@ -575,7 +577,8 @@ public ServerCall.Listener<String> startCall(
     assertThat(callReference.get()).isNull();
     verify(stream, times(2)).close(statusCaptor.capture(), any(Metadata.class));
     Status status = statusCaptor.getAllValues().get(1);
-    assertEquals(Status.Code.INTERNAL, status.getCode());
+    assertEquals(Code.UNKNOWN, status.getCode());
+    assertThat(status.getCause() instanceof IllegalStateException);
   }
 
   @Test