diff --git a/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c b/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c
index 8507eac..8c752db 100644
--- a/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c
+++ b/src/http/v2/ngx_http_v2.c
@@ -1583,14 +1583,7 @@
         }
 
         if (rc == NGX_DECLINED) {
-            if (ngx_http_v2_terminate_stream(h2c, h2c->state.stream,
-                                             NGX_HTTP_V2_PROTOCOL_ERROR)
-                == NGX_ERROR)
-            {
-                return ngx_http_v2_connection_error(h2c,
-                                                    NGX_HTTP_V2_INTERNAL_ERROR);
-            }
-
+            ngx_http_finalize_request(r, NGX_HTTP_BAD_REQUEST);
             goto error;
         }