diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http3/Http3Stream.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http3/Http3Stream.cs
index 2911ef0b1d19..9c3a3e52f600 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http3/Http3Stream.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/Core/src/Internal/Http3/Http3Stream.cs
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ public async Task ProcessRequestAsync<TContext>(IHttpApplication<TContext> appli
                                 Log.Http3FrameReceived(ConnectionId, _streamIdFeature.StreamId, _incomingFrame);
 
                                 consumed = examined = framePayload.End;
-                                await ProcessHttp3Stream(application, framePayload);
+                                await ProcessHttp3Stream(application, framePayload, result.IsCompleted && readableBuffer.IsEmpty);
                             }
                         }
 
@@ -448,14 +448,14 @@ private ValueTask OnEndStreamReceived()
             return RequestBodyPipe.Writer.CompleteAsync();
         }
 
-        private Task ProcessHttp3Stream<TContext>(IHttpApplication<TContext> application, in ReadOnlySequence<byte> payload) where TContext : notnull
+        private Task ProcessHttp3Stream<TContext>(IHttpApplication<TContext> application, in ReadOnlySequence<byte> payload, bool isCompleted) where TContext : notnull
         {
             switch (_incomingFrame.Type)
             {
                 case Http3FrameType.Data:
                     return ProcessDataFrameAsync(payload);
                 case Http3FrameType.Headers:
-                    return ProcessHeadersFrameAsync(application, payload);
+                    return ProcessHeadersFrameAsync(application, payload, isCompleted);
                 case Http3FrameType.Settings:
                 case Http3FrameType.CancelPush:
                 case Http3FrameType.GoAway:
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ private Task ProcessUnknownFrameAsync()
             return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
-        private Task ProcessHeadersFrameAsync<TContext>(IHttpApplication<TContext> application, ReadOnlySequence<byte> payload) where TContext : notnull
+        private async Task ProcessHeadersFrameAsync<TContext>(IHttpApplication<TContext> application, ReadOnlySequence<byte> payload, bool isCompleted) where TContext : notnull
         {
             // HEADERS frame after trailing headers is invalid.
             // https://quicwg.org/base-drafts/draft-ietf-quic-http.html#section-4.1
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ private Task ProcessHeadersFrameAsync<TContext>(IHttpApplication<TContext> appli
                 case RequestHeaderParsingState.Trailers:
                     // trailers
                     // TODO figure out if there is anything else to do here.
-                    return Task.CompletedTask;
+                    return;
                 default:
                     Debug.Fail("Unexpected header parsing state.");
                     break;
@@ -514,11 +514,16 @@ private Task ProcessHeadersFrameAsync<TContext>(IHttpApplication<TContext> appli
 
             InputRemaining = HttpRequestHeaders.ContentLength;
 
+            // If the stream is complete after receiving the headers then run OnEndStreamReceived.
+            // If there is a bad content length then this will throw before the request delegate is called.
+            if (isCompleted)
+            {
+                await OnEndStreamReceived();
+            }
+
             _appCompleted = new TaskCompletionSource();
 
             ThreadPool.UnsafeQueueUserWorkItem(this, preferLocal: false);
-
-            return Task.CompletedTask;
         }
 
         private Task ProcessDataFrameAsync(in ReadOnlySequence<byte> payload)
diff --git a/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/Http3/Http3StreamTests.cs b/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/Http3/Http3StreamTests.cs
index a00408708b3b..0e86c84104ea 100644
--- a/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/Http3/Http3StreamTests.cs
+++ b/src/Servers/Kestrel/test/InMemory.FunctionalTests/Http3/Http3StreamTests.cs
@@ -639,11 +639,64 @@ public async Task ContentLength_Received_NoDataFrames_Reset()
                 new KeyValuePair<string, string>(HeaderNames.ContentLength, "12"),
             };
 
-            var requestStream = await InitializeConnectionAndStreamsAsync(_noopApplication);
+            var requestDelegateCalled = false;
+            var requestStream = await InitializeConnectionAndStreamsAsync(c =>
+            {
+                // Bad content-length + end stream means the request delegate
+                // is never called by the server.
+                requestDelegateCalled = true;
+                return Task.CompletedTask;
+            });
 
             await requestStream.SendHeadersAsync(headers, endStream: true);
 
             await requestStream.WaitForStreamErrorAsync(Http3ErrorCode.ProtocolError, CoreStrings.Http3StreamErrorLessDataThanLength);
+
+            Assert.False(requestDelegateCalled);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task EndRequestStream_ContinueReadingFromResponse()
+        {
+            var headersTcs = new TaskCompletionSource(TaskCreationOptions.RunContinuationsAsynchronously);
+
+            var headers = new[]
+            {
+                new KeyValuePair<string, string>(HeaderNames.Method, "POST"),
+                new KeyValuePair<string, string>(HeaderNames.Path, "/"),
+                new KeyValuePair<string, string>(HeaderNames.Scheme, "http"),
+            };
+
+            var data = new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 };
+
+            var requestStream = await InitializeConnectionAndStreamsAsync(async context =>
+            {
+                await context.Response.BodyWriter.FlushAsync();
+
+                await headersTcs.Task;
+
+                for (var i = 0; i < data.Length; i++)
+                {
+                    await Task.Delay(50);
+                    await context.Response.BodyWriter.WriteAsync(new byte[] { data[i] });
+                }
+            });
+
+            await requestStream.SendHeadersAsync(headers, endStream: true);
+            await requestStream.ExpectHeadersAsync();
+
+            headersTcs.SetResult();
+
+            var receivedData = new List<byte>();
+            while (receivedData.Count < data.Length)
+            {
+                var frameData = await requestStream.ExpectDataAsync();
+                receivedData.AddRange(frameData.ToArray());
+            }
+
+            Assert.Equal(data, receivedData);
+
+            await requestStream.ExpectReceiveEndOfStream();
         }
 
         [Fact]