diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts
index c03258308..0e1f94d20 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/server-call.ts
@@ -553,105 +553,99 @@ export class Http2ServerCallStream<
     return metadata;
   }
 
-  receiveUnaryMessage(
-    encoding: string,
-    next: (
-      err: Partial<ServerStatusResponse> | null,
-      request?: RequestType
-    ) => void
-  ): void {
-    const { stream } = this;
+  receiveUnaryMessage(encoding: string): Promise<RequestType | void> {
+    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+      const { stream } = this;
+
+      let receivedLength = 0;
+
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-this-alias
+      const call = this;
+      const body: Buffer[] = [];
+      const limit = this.maxReceiveMessageSize;
 
-    let receivedLength = 0;
+      this.stream.on('data', onData);
+      this.stream.on('end', onEnd);
+      this.stream.on('error', onEnd);
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-this-alias
-    const call = this;
-    const body: Buffer[] = [];
-    const limit = this.maxReceiveMessageSize;
+      function onData(chunk: Buffer) {
+        receivedLength += chunk.byteLength;
 
-    stream.on('data', onData);
-    stream.on('end', onEnd);
-    stream.on('error', onEnd);
+        if (limit !== -1 && receivedLength > limit) {
+          stream.removeListener('data', onData);
+          stream.removeListener('end', onEnd);
+          stream.removeListener('error', onEnd);
+
+          reject({
+            code: Status.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED,
+            details: `Received message larger than max (${receivedLength} vs. ${limit})`,
+          });
+          return;
+        }
 
-    function onData(chunk: Buffer) {
-      receivedLength += chunk.byteLength;
+        body.push(chunk);
+      }
 
-      if (limit !== -1 && receivedLength > limit) {
+      function onEnd(err?: Error) {
         stream.removeListener('data', onData);
         stream.removeListener('end', onEnd);
         stream.removeListener('error', onEnd);
-        next({
-          code: Status.RESOURCE_EXHAUSTED,
-          details: `Received message larger than max (${receivedLength} vs. ${limit})`,
-        });
-        return;
-      }
 
-      body.push(chunk);
-    }
-
-    function onEnd(err?: Error) {
-      stream.removeListener('data', onData);
-      stream.removeListener('end', onEnd);
-      stream.removeListener('error', onEnd);
+        if (err !== undefined) {
+          reject({ code: Status.INTERNAL, details: err.message });
+          return;
+        }
 
-      if (err !== undefined) {
-        next({ code: Status.INTERNAL, details: err.message });
-        return;
-      }
+        if (receivedLength === 0) {
+          reject({
+            code: Status.INTERNAL,
+            details: 'received empty unary message',
+          });
+          return;
+        }
 
-      if (receivedLength === 0) {
-        next({
-          code: Status.INTERNAL,
-          details: 'received empty unary message',
-        });
-        return;
-      }
+        call.emit('receiveMessage');
 
-      call.emit('receiveMessage');
+        const requestBytes = Buffer.concat(body, receivedLength);
+        const compressed = requestBytes.readUInt8(0) === 1;
+        const compressedMessageEncoding = compressed ? encoding : 'identity';
+        const decompressedMessage = call.getDecompressedMessage(
+          requestBytes,
+          compressedMessageEncoding
+        );
 
-      const requestBytes = Buffer.concat(body, receivedLength);
-      const compressed = requestBytes.readUInt8(0) === 1;
-      const compressedMessageEncoding = compressed ? encoding : 'identity';
-      const decompressedMessage = call.getDecompressedMessage(
-        requestBytes,
-        compressedMessageEncoding
-      );
+        if (Buffer.isBuffer(decompressedMessage)) {
+          resolve(
+            call.deserializeMessageWithInternalError(decompressedMessage)
+          );
+          return;
+        }
 
-      if (Buffer.isBuffer(decompressedMessage)) {
-        call.safeDeserializeMessage(decompressedMessage, next);
-        return;
+        decompressedMessage.then(
+          decompressed =>
+            resolve(call.deserializeMessageWithInternalError(decompressed)),
+          (err: any) =>
+            reject(
+              err.code
+                ? err
+                : {
+                    code: Status.INTERNAL,
+                    details: `Received "grpc-encoding" header "${encoding}" but ${encoding} decompression failed`,
+                  }
+            )
+        );
       }
-
-      decompressedMessage.then(
-        decompressed => call.safeDeserializeMessage(decompressed, next),
-        (err: any) =>
-          next(
-            err.code
-              ? err
-              : {
-                  code: Status.INTERNAL,
-                  details: `Received "grpc-encoding" header "${encoding}" but ${encoding} decompression failed`,
-                }
-          )
-      );
-    }
+    });
   }
 
-  private safeDeserializeMessage(
-    buffer: Buffer,
-    next: (
-      err: Partial<ServerStatusResponse> | null,
-      request?: RequestType
-    ) => void
-  ) {
+  private async deserializeMessageWithInternalError(buffer: Buffer) {
     try {
-      next(null, this.deserializeMessage(buffer));
+      return this.deserializeMessage(buffer);
     } catch (err) {
-      next({
+      throw {
         details: getErrorMessage(err),
         code: Status.INTERNAL,
-      });
+      };
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/server.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/server.ts
index b9ad8096d..d1859c395 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/server.ts
@@ -1176,17 +1176,14 @@ export class Server {
   }
 }
 
-function handleUnary<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+async function handleUnary<RequestType, ResponseType>(
   call: Http2ServerCallStream<RequestType, ResponseType>,
   handler: UnaryHandler<RequestType, ResponseType>,
   metadata: Metadata,
   encoding: string
-): void {
-  call.receiveUnaryMessage(encoding, (err, request) => {
-    if (err) {
-      call.sendError(err);
-      return;
-    }
+): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const request = await call.receiveUnaryMessage(encoding);
 
     if (request === undefined || call.cancelled) {
       return;
@@ -1209,7 +1206,9 @@ function handleUnary<RequestType, ResponseType>(
         call.sendUnaryMessage(err, value, trailer, flags);
       }
     );
-  });
+  } catch (err) {
+    call.sendError(err as ServerErrorResponse)
+  }
 }
 
 function handleClientStreaming<RequestType, ResponseType>(
@@ -1243,17 +1242,14 @@ function handleClientStreaming<RequestType, ResponseType>(
   handler.func(stream, respond);
 }
 
-function handleServerStreaming<RequestType, ResponseType>(
+async function handleServerStreaming<RequestType, ResponseType>(
   call: Http2ServerCallStream<RequestType, ResponseType>,
   handler: ServerStreamingHandler<RequestType, ResponseType>,
   metadata: Metadata,
   encoding: string
-): void {
-  call.receiveUnaryMessage(encoding, (err, request) => {
-    if (err) {
-      call.sendError(err);
-      return;
-    }
+): Promise<void> {
+  try {
+    const request = await call.receiveUnaryMessage(encoding);
 
     if (request === undefined || call.cancelled) {
       return;
@@ -1267,7 +1263,9 @@ function handleServerStreaming<RequestType, ResponseType>(
     );
 
     handler.func(stream);
-  });
+  } catch (err) {
+    call.sendError(err as ServerErrorResponse)
+  }
 }
 
 function handleBidiStreaming<RequestType, ResponseType>(