diff --git a/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.cc b/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.cc
index 4a805aa..c59605e 100644
--- a/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.cc
+++ b/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.cc
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@
   return pending;
 }
 
-void QuicSession::MaybeProcessPendingStream(PendingStream* pending) {
+bool QuicSession::MaybeProcessPendingStream(PendingStream* pending) {
   QUICHE_DCHECK(pending != nullptr);
   QuicStreamId stream_id = pending->id();
   std::optional<QuicResetStreamError> stop_sending_error_code =
@@ -198,11 +198,11 @@
     if (stop_sending_error_code) {
       stream->OnStopSending(*stop_sending_error_code);
       if (!connection()->connected()) {
-        return;
+        return false;
       }
     }
     stream->OnStreamCreatedFromPendingStream();
-    return;
+    return connection()->connected();
   }
   // At this point, none of the bytes has been successfully consumed by the
   // application layer. We should close the pending stream even if it is
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@
   if (pending->sequencer()->IsClosed()) {
     ClosePendingStream(stream_id);
   }
+  return connection()->connected();
 }
 
 void QuicSession::PendingStreamOnWindowUpdateFrame(
@@ -2714,8 +2715,7 @@
     pending_streams.push_back(it->second.get());
   }
   for (auto* pending_stream : pending_streams) {
-    MaybeProcessPendingStream(pending_stream);
-    if (!connection()->connected()) {
+    if (!MaybeProcessPendingStream(pending_stream)) {
       return;
     }
   }
diff --git a/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.h b/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.h
index ef309c0..af86bbe 100644
--- a/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.h
+++ b/quiche/quic/core/quic_session.h
@@ -918,7 +918,9 @@
                                          QuicStreamId id) const;
 
   // Process the pending stream if possible.
-  void MaybeProcessPendingStream(PendingStream* pending);
+  // Returns true if more pending streams should be processed afterwards while
+  // iterating through all pending streams.
+  bool MaybeProcessPendingStream(PendingStream* pending);
 
   // Creates or gets pending stream, feeds it with |frame|, and returns the
   // pending stream. Can return NULL, e.g., if the stream ID is invalid.