diff --git a/modules/http2/h2.h b/modules/http2/h2.h
index e074204c73..08f59c44f9 100644
--- a/modules/http2/h2.h
+++ b/modules/http2/h2.h
@@ -141,8 +141,19 @@ struct h2_request {
     unsigned int chunked : 1;   /* iff request body needs to be forwarded as chunked */
     unsigned int serialize : 1; /* iff this request is written in HTTP/1.1 serialization */
     apr_off_t raw_bytes;        /* RAW network bytes that generated this request - if known. */
+    int http_status;            /* Store a possible HTTP status code that gets
+                                 * defined before creating the dummy HTTP/1.1
+                                 * request e.g. due to an error already
+                                 * detected.
+                                 */
 };
 
+/*
+ * A possible HTTP status code is not defined yet. See the http_status field
+ * in struct h2_request above for further explanation.
+ */
+#define H2_HTTP_STATUS_UNSET (0)
+
 typedef struct h2_headers h2_headers;
 
 struct h2_headers {
diff --git a/modules/http2/h2_request.c b/modules/http2/h2_request.c
index 2fe3b26f66..485b29aac3 100644
--- a/modules/http2/h2_request.c
+++ b/modules/http2/h2_request.c
@@ -79,11 +79,12 @@ apr_status_t h2_request_rcreate(h2_request **preq, apr_pool_t *pool,
     }
     
     req = apr_pcalloc(pool, sizeof(*req));
-    req->method    = apr_pstrdup(pool, r->method);
-    req->scheme    = scheme;
-    req->authority = authority;
-    req->path      = path;
-    req->headers   = apr_table_make(pool, 10);
+    req->method      = apr_pstrdup(pool, r->method);
+    req->scheme      = scheme;
+    req->authority   = authority;
+    req->path        = path;
+    req->headers     = apr_table_make(pool, 10);
+    req->http_status = H2_HTTP_STATUS_UNSET;
     if (r->server) {
         req->serialize = h2_config_rgeti(r, H2_CONF_SER_HEADERS);
     }
@@ -294,7 +295,14 @@ request_rec *h2_request_create_rec(const h2_request *req, conn_rec *c)
     if (!ap_parse_request_line(r) || !ap_check_request_header(r)) {
         /* we may have switched to another server still */
         r->per_dir_config = r->server->lookup_defaults;
-        access_status = r->status;
+        if (req->http_status != H2_HTTP_STATUS_UNSET) {
+            access_status = req->http_status;
+            /* Be safe and close the connection */
+            c->keepalive = AP_CONN_CLOSE;
+        }
+        else {
+            access_status = r->status;
+        }
         r->status = HTTP_OK;
         goto die;
     }
@@ -302,6 +310,14 @@ request_rec *h2_request_create_rec(const h2_request *req, conn_rec *c)
     /* we may have switched to another server */
     r->per_dir_config = r->server->lookup_defaults;
 
+    if (req->http_status != H2_HTTP_STATUS_UNSET) {
+        access_status = req->http_status;
+        r->status = HTTP_OK;
+        /* Be safe and close the connection */
+        c->keepalive = AP_CONN_CLOSE;
+        goto die;
+    }
+
     /*
      * Add the HTTP_IN filter here to ensure that ap_discard_request_body
      * called by ap_die and by ap_send_error_response works correctly on
diff --git a/modules/http2/h2_session.c b/modules/http2/h2_session.c
index c818d1aabc..1915855792 100644
--- a/modules/http2/h2_session.c
+++ b/modules/http2/h2_session.c
@@ -311,7 +311,9 @@ static int on_header_cb(nghttp2_session *ngh2, const nghttp2_frame *frame,
     
     status = h2_stream_add_header(stream, (const char *)name, namelen,
                                   (const char *)value, valuelen);
-    if (status != APR_SUCCESS && !h2_stream_is_ready(stream)) {
+    if (status != APR_SUCCESS
+        && (!stream->rtmp
+            || stream->rtmp->http_status == H2_HTTP_STATUS_UNSET)) {
         return NGHTTP2_ERR_TEMPORAL_CALLBACK_FAILURE;
     }
     return 0;
diff --git a/modules/http2/h2_stream.c b/modules/http2/h2_stream.c
index 77b764e1de..dce1fb45b4 100644
--- a/modules/http2/h2_stream.c
+++ b/modules/http2/h2_stream.c
@@ -639,16 +639,7 @@ void h2_stream_set_request(h2_stream *stream, const h2_request *r)
 static void set_error_response(h2_stream *stream, int http_status)
 {
     if (!h2_stream_is_ready(stream)) {
-        conn_rec *c = stream->session->c;
-        apr_bucket *b;
-        h2_headers *response;
-        
-        response = h2_headers_die(http_status, stream->request, stream->pool);
-        prep_output(stream);
-        b = apr_bucket_eos_create(c->bucket_alloc);
-        APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_HEAD(stream->out_buffer, b);
-        b = h2_bucket_headers_create(c->bucket_alloc, response);
-        APR_BRIGADE_INSERT_HEAD(stream->out_buffer, b);
+        stream->rtmp->http_status = http_status;
     }
 }