diff --git a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpReceiverOverHTTP2.java b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpReceiverOverHTTP2.java
index 78d9548ae6c..30ccfc75de9 100644
--- a/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpReceiverOverHTTP2.java
+++ b/jetty-http2/http2-http-client-transport/src/main/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http2/client/http/HttpReceiverOverHTTP2.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.eclipse.jetty.http2.frames.ResetFrame;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.io.ByteBufferPool;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.BufferUtil;
 import org.eclipse.jetty.util.Callback;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.util.CompletableCallback;
 
 public class HttpReceiverOverHTTP2 extends HttpReceiver implements Stream.Listener
 {
@@ -110,26 +111,40 @@ public class HttpReceiverOverHTTP2 extends HttpReceiver implements Stream.Listen
         copy.put(original);
         BufferUtil.flipToFlush(copy, 0);
 
-        Callback delegate = new Callback.Nested(callback)
+        CompletableCallback delegate = new CompletableCallback()
         {
             @Override
             public void succeeded()
             {
                 byteBufferPool.release(copy);
+                callback.succeeded();
                 super.succeeded();
-                if (frame.isEndStream())
-                    responseSuccess(exchange);
             }
 
             @Override
             public void failed(Throwable x)
             {
                 byteBufferPool.release(copy);
+                callback.failed(x);
                 super.failed(x);
             }
+
+            @Override
+            public void resume()
+            {
+                if (frame.isEndStream())
+                    responseSuccess(exchange);
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void abort(Throwable failure)
+            {
+            }
         };
 
         responseContent(exchange, copy, delegate);
+        if (!delegate.tryComplete())
+            delegate.resume();
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/tests/test-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java b/tests/test-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java
index 2e7bd8ffc69..0dd9d17e8b9 100644
--- a/tests/test-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java
+++ b/tests/test-http-client-transport/src/test/java/org/eclipse/jetty/http/client/HttpClientTest.java
@@ -408,6 +408,8 @@ public class HttpClientTest extends AbstractTest
 
         InputStream input = listener.getInputStream();
         Assert.assertEquals(content, IO.toString(input));
+
+        Assert.assertTrue(latch.await(5, TimeUnit.SECONDS));
     }
 
     private void sleep(long time) throws IOException