diff --git a/src/http/mod.rs b/src/http/mod.rs
index 15a144e..8731e4e 100644
--- a/src/http/mod.rs
+++ b/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -132,10 +132,17 @@ pub async fn execute(cli: &Cli) -> Result<i32, FetchError> {
         connect_timing: Some(&connect_timing),
     };
     let mut initial_client = client::build_client_for_url(cli, &url, &client_build).await?;
-    if cli.grpc && grpc_method.is_none() && grpc_request_requires_schema(cli) {
-        let schema =
-            crate::grpc::reflection::schema_for_call(cli, &url, &initial_client.client).await?;
-        grpc_method = Some(proto::method_for_url(&schema, &url)?);
+    if cli.grpc && grpc_method.is_none() {
+        let request_requires_schema = grpc_request_requires_schema(cli);
+        match crate::grpc::reflection::schema_for_call(cli, &url, &initial_client.client).await {
+            Ok(schema) => match proto::method_for_url(&schema, &url) {
+                Ok(method) => grpc_method = Some(method),
+                Err(err) if request_requires_schema => return Err(err),
+                Err(_) => {}
+            },
+            Err(err) if request_requires_schema => return Err(err),
+            Err(_) => {}
+        }
     }
     let method_name = effective_method(cli);
     let method = Method::from_bytes(method_name.as_bytes())
diff --git a/tests/integration.rs b/tests/integration.rs
index cfa74d6..5e16db9 100644
--- a/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/integration.rs
@@ -6303,6 +6303,15 @@ fn grpc_reflection_h2c_go_cases() {
     assert_exit(&res, 0);
     assert!(res.stdout.contains("\"status\": \"SERVING\""));
 
+    let res = run_fetch(&[
+        &format!("{}/grpc.health.v1.Health/Check", server.url),
+        "--grpc",
+        "--format",
+        "on",
+    ]);
+    assert_exit(&res, 0);
+    assert!(res.stdout.contains("\"status\": \"SERVING\""));
+
     let tls = start_reflection_grpc_tls_server(true);
     let ca_cert = tls.ca_cert_path.as_ref().unwrap().to_str().unwrap();
     let res = run_fetch(&["--grpc-list", "--ca-cert", ca_cert, &tls.url]);