diff --git a/http2/frame.go b/http2/frame.go
index 175c154..f9b6cbd 100644
--- a/http2/frame.go
+++ b/http2/frame.go
@@ -490,6 +490,9 @@
 // returned error is ErrFrameTooLarge. Other errors may be of type
 // ConnectionError, StreamError, or anything else from the underlying
 // reader.
+//
+// If ReadFrame returns an error and a non-nil Frame, the Frame's StreamID
+// indicates the stream responsible for the error.
 func (fr *Framer) ReadFrame() (Frame, error) {
 	fr.errDetail = nil
 	if fr.lastFrame != nil {
@@ -1522,7 +1525,7 @@
 // readMetaFrame returns 0 or more CONTINUATION frames from fr and
 // merge them into the provided hf and returns a MetaHeadersFrame
 // with the decoded hpack values.
-func (fr *Framer) readMetaFrame(hf *HeadersFrame) (*MetaHeadersFrame, error) {
+func (fr *Framer) readMetaFrame(hf *HeadersFrame) (Frame, error) {
 	if fr.AllowIllegalReads {
 		return nil, errors.New("illegal use of AllowIllegalReads with ReadMetaHeaders")
 	}
@@ -1592,8 +1595,8 @@
 				log.Printf("http2: header list too large")
 			}
 			// It would be nice to send a RST_STREAM before sending the GOAWAY,
-			// but the struture of the server's frame writer makes this difficult.
-			return nil, ConnectionError(ErrCodeProtocol)
+			// but the structure of the server's frame writer makes this difficult.
+			return mh, ConnectionError(ErrCodeProtocol)
 		}
 
 		// Also close the connection after any CONTINUATION frame following an
@@ -1604,12 +1607,12 @@
 				log.Printf("http2: invalid header: %v", invalid)
 			}
 			// It would be nice to send a RST_STREAM before sending the GOAWAY,
-			// but the struture of the server's frame writer makes this difficult.
-			return nil, ConnectionError(ErrCodeProtocol)
+			// but the structure of the server's frame writer makes this difficult.
+			return mh, ConnectionError(ErrCodeProtocol)
 		}
 
 		if _, err := hdec.Write(frag); err != nil {
-			return nil, ConnectionError(ErrCodeCompression)
+			return mh, ConnectionError(ErrCodeCompression)
 		}
 
 		if hc.HeadersEnded() {
@@ -1626,7 +1629,7 @@
 	mh.HeadersFrame.invalidate()
 
 	if err := hdec.Close(); err != nil {
-		return nil, ConnectionError(ErrCodeCompression)
+		return mh, ConnectionError(ErrCodeCompression)
 	}
 	if invalid != nil {
 		fr.errDetail = invalid
diff --git a/http2/server.go b/http2/server.go
index 739f69f..890528f 100644
--- a/http2/server.go
+++ b/http2/server.go
@@ -1489,6 +1489,11 @@
 		sc.goAway(ErrCodeFlowControl)
 		return true
 	case ConnectionError:
+		if res.f != nil {
+			if id := res.f.Header().StreamID; id > sc.maxClientStreamID {
+				sc.maxClientStreamID = id
+			}
+		}
 		sc.logf("http2: server connection error from %v: %v", sc.conn.RemoteAddr(), ev)
 		sc.goAway(ErrCode(ev))
 		return true // goAway will handle shutdown
diff --git a/http2/server_test.go b/http2/server_test.go
index 3690163..7ab1d7d 100644
--- a/http2/server_test.go
+++ b/http2/server_test.go
@@ -4901,9 +4901,17 @@
 		if err != nil {
 			break
 		}
-		switch f.(type) {
+		switch f := f.(type) {
 		case *HeadersFrame:
 			t.Fatalf("received HEADERS frame; want GOAWAY and a closed connection")
+		case *GoAwayFrame:
+			// We might not see the GOAWAY (see below), but if we do it should
+			// indicate that the server processed this request so the client doesn't
+			// attempt to retry it.
+			if got, want := f.LastStreamID, uint32(1); got != want {
+				t.Errorf("received GOAWAY with LastStreamId %v, want %v", got, want)
+			}
+
 		}
 	}
 	// We expect to have seen a GOAWAY before the connection closes,