3 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/surface/call.c b/src/core/surface/call.c
index e08273e451..1f73f9cf71 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/call.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/call.c
@@ -1368,7 +1368,8 @@ static void recv_metadata(grpc_call *call, grpc_metadata_batch *md) {
       l->md = 0;
     }
   }
-  if (gpr_time_cmp(md->deadline, gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME)) != 0) {
+  if (gpr_time_cmp(md->deadline, gpr_inf_future(md->deadline.clock_type)) !=
+      0) {
     set_deadline_alarm(call, md->deadline);
   }
   if (!is_trailing) {
diff --git a/src/core/surface/server.c b/src/core/surface/server.c
index 439452aea2..a0d4ab3b0a 100644
--- a/src/core/surface/server.c
+++ b/src/core/surface/server.c
@@ -530,6 +530,7 @@ static grpc_mdelem *server_filter(void *user_data, grpc_mdelem *md) {
 static void server_on_recv(void *ptr, int success) {
   grpc_call_element *elem = ptr;
   call_data *calld = elem->call_data;
+  gpr_timespec op_deadline;
 
   if (success && !calld->got_initial_metadata) {
     size_t i;
@@ -539,8 +540,9 @@ static void server_on_recv(void *ptr, int success) {
       grpc_stream_op *op = &ops[i];
       if (op->type != GRPC_OP_METADATA) continue;
       grpc_metadata_batch_filter(&op->data.metadata, server_filter, elem);
-      if (0 != gpr_time_cmp(op->data.metadata.deadline,
-                            gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME))) {
+      op_deadline = op->data.metadata.deadline;
+      if (0 !=
+          gpr_time_cmp(op_deadline, gpr_inf_future(op_deadline.clock_type))) {
         calld->deadline = op->data.metadata.deadline;
       }
       calld->got_initial_metadata = 1;
diff --git a/src/core/transport/chttp2/parsing.c b/src/core/transport/chttp2/parsing.c
index 904b9afce7..50a2f752f6 100644
--- a/src/core/transport/chttp2/parsing.c
+++ b/src/core/transport/chttp2/parsing.c
@@ -607,7 +607,7 @@ static void on_header(void *tp, grpc_mdelem *md) {
     }
     grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_set_deadline(
         &stream_parsing->incoming_metadata,
-        gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME), *cached_timeout));
+        gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_MONOTONIC), *cached_timeout));
     GRPC_MDELEM_UNREF(md);
   } else {
     grpc_chttp2_incoming_metadata_buffer_add(&stream_parsing->incoming_metadata,