diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts
index e7377b56..f7f3f1ff 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts
@@ -172,14 +172,14 @@ export class ServerWritableStreamImpl<RequestType, ResponseType>
     this.call.sendMetadata(responseMetadata);
   }
 
-  async _write(
+  _write(
     chunk: ResponseType,
     encoding: string,
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
     callback: (...args: any[]) => void
   ) {
     try {
-      const response = await this.call.serializeMessage(chunk);
+      const response = this.call.serializeMessage(chunk);
 
       if (!this.call.write(response)) {
         this.call.once('drain', callback);
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@ export class Http2ServerCallStream<
             resolve();
           }
 
-          resolve(await this.deserializeMessage(requestBytes));
+          resolve(this.deserializeMessage(requestBytes));
         } catch (err) {
           err.code = Status.INTERNAL;
           this.sendError(err);
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ export class Http2ServerCallStream<
     return output;
   }
 
-  async deserializeMessage(bytes: Buffer) {
+  deserializeMessage(bytes: Buffer) {
     // TODO(cjihrig): Call compression aware deserializeMessage().
     const receivedMessage = bytes.slice(5);
 
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ export class Http2ServerCallStream<
     }
 
     try {
-      const response = await this.serializeMessage(value!);
+      const response = this.serializeMessage(value!);
 
       this.write(response);
       this.sendStatus({ code: Status.OK, details: 'OK', metadata });
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/test/fixtures/test_service.proto b/packages/grpc-js/test/fixtures/test_service.proto
index db876be9..f99393d1 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/test/fixtures/test_service.proto
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/test/fixtures/test_service.proto
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ syntax = "proto3";
 message Request {
   bool error = 1;
   string message = 2;
+  int32 errorAfter = 3;
 }
 
 message Response {
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-errors.ts b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-errors.ts
index 7c611b9b..91b7c196 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-errors.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/test/test-server-errors.ts
@@ -347,11 +347,20 @@ describe('Other conditions', () => {
             metadata: trailerMetadata,
           });
         } else {
-          for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
+          for (let i = 1; i <= 5; i++) {
             stream.write({ count: i });
+            if (req.errorAfter && req.errorAfter === i) {
+              stream.emit('error', {
+                code: grpc.status.UNKNOWN,
+                details: req.message || 'Requested error',
+                metadata: trailerMetadata,
+              });
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+          if (!req.errorAfter) {
+            stream.end(trailerMetadata);
           }
-
-          stream.end(trailerMetadata);
         }
       },
 
@@ -712,6 +721,24 @@ describe('Other conditions', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('should handle server stream errors correctly', () => {
+    it('should emit data for all messages before error', (done) => {
+      const expectedDataCount = 2;
+      const call = client.serverStream({ errorAfter: expectedDataCount });
+
+      let actualDataCount = 0;
+      call.on('data', () => {
+        ++actualDataCount;
+      });
+      call.on('error', (error: ServiceError) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(error.code, grpc.status.UNKNOWN);
+        assert.strictEqual(error.details, 'Requested error');
+        assert.strictEqual(actualDataCount, expectedDataCount);
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
 
 function identity(arg: any): any {