diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
index 56c76b7..34cc8e7 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@
 
   // The connection should be closed immediately after the misbehaved pings,
   // the in-progress RPC should fail.
-  GPR_ASSERT(status == GRPC_STATUS_RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED);
+  GPR_ASSERT(status == GRPC_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE);
   GPR_ASSERT(0 == grpc_slice_str_cmp(call_details.method, "/foo"));
   validate_host_override_string("foo.test.google.fr:1234", call_details.host,
                                 config);