diff --git a/ext/call.cc b/ext/call.cc
index 49179ab3..9453000a 100644
--- a/ext/call.cc
+++ b/ext/call.cc
@@ -508,9 +508,14 @@ void Call::DestroyCall() {
 }
 
 Call::Call(grpc_call *call)
-    : wrapped_call(call), pending_batches(0), has_final_op_completed(false) {}
+    : wrapped_call(call), pending_batches(0), has_final_op_completed(false) {
+  peer = grpc_call_get_peer(call);
+}
 
-Call::~Call() { DestroyCall(); }
+Call::~Call() {
+  DestroyCall();
+  gpr_free(peer);
+}
 
 void Call::Init(Local<Object> exports) {
   HandleScope scope;
@@ -662,6 +667,16 @@ NAN_METHOD(Call::StartBatch) {
   }
   Local<Function> callback_func = info[1].As<Function>();
   Call *call = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Call>(info.This());
+  if (call->wrapped_call == NULL) {
+    /* This implies that the call has completed and has been destroyed. To
+     * emulate
+     * previous behavior, we should call the callback immediately with an error,
+     * as though the batch had failed in core */
+    Local<Value> argv[] = {
+        Nan::Error("The async function failed because the call has completed")};
+    Nan::Call(callback_func, Nan::New<Object>(), 1, argv);
+    return;
+  }
   Local<Object> obj = Nan::To<Object>(info[0]).ToLocalChecked();
   Local<Array> keys = Nan::GetOwnPropertyNames(obj).ToLocalChecked();
   size_t nops = keys->Length();
@@ -727,6 +742,11 @@ NAN_METHOD(Call::Cancel) {
     return Nan::ThrowTypeError("cancel can only be called on Call objects");
   }
   Call *call = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Call>(info.This());
+  if (call->wrapped_call == NULL) {
+    /* Cancel is supposed to be idempotent. If the call has already finished,
+     * cancel should just complete silently */
+    return;
+  }
   grpc_call_error error = grpc_call_cancel(call->wrapped_call, NULL);
   if (error != GRPC_CALL_OK) {
     return Nan::ThrowError(nanErrorWithCode("cancel failed", error));
@@ -747,6 +767,11 @@ NAN_METHOD(Call::CancelWithStatus) {
         "cancelWithStatus's second argument must be a string");
   }
   Call *call = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Call>(info.This());
+  if (call->wrapped_call == NULL) {
+    /* Cancel is supposed to be idempotent. If the call has already finished,
+     * cancel should just complete silently */
+    return;
+  }
   grpc_status_code code =
       static_cast<grpc_status_code>(Nan::To<uint32_t>(info[0]).FromJust());
   if (code == GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
@@ -763,9 +788,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(Call::GetPeer) {
     return Nan::ThrowTypeError("getPeer can only be called on Call objects");
   }
   Call *call = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Call>(info.This());
-  char *peer = grpc_call_get_peer(call->wrapped_call);
-  Local<Value> peer_value = Nan::New(peer).ToLocalChecked();
-  gpr_free(peer);
+  Local<Value> peer_value = Nan::New(call->peer).ToLocalChecked();
   info.GetReturnValue().Set(peer_value);
 }
 
@@ -780,6 +803,10 @@ NAN_METHOD(Call::SetCredentials) {
         "setCredentials' first argument must be a CallCredentials");
   }
   Call *call = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Call>(info.This());
+  if (call->wrapped_call == NULL) {
+    return Nan::ThrowError(
+        "Cannot set credentials on a call that has already started");
+  }
   CallCredentials *creds_object = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<CallCredentials>(
       Nan::To<Object>(info[0]).ToLocalChecked());
   grpc_call_credentials *creds = creds_object->GetWrappedCredentials();
diff --git a/ext/call.h b/ext/call.h
index 0bd24f56..8f751279 100644
--- a/ext/call.h
+++ b/ext/call.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ class Call : public Nan::ObjectWrap {
      call, this is GRPC_OP_RECV_STATUS_ON_CLIENT and for a server call, this
      is GRPC_OP_SEND_STATUS_FROM_SERVER */
   bool has_final_op_completed;
+  char *peer;
 };
 
 class Op {
diff --git a/src/client.js b/src/client.js
index 16fe06a5..b79f0585 100644
--- a/src/client.js
+++ b/src/client.js
@@ -121,6 +121,12 @@ function _write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
   /* jshint validthis: true */
   var batch = {};
   var message;
+  var self = this;
+  if (this.writeFailed) {
+    /* Once a write fails, just call the callback immediately to let the caller
+       flush any pending writes. */
+    setImmediate(callback);
+  }
   try {
     message = this.serialize(chunk);
   } catch (e) {
@@ -141,8 +147,10 @@ function _write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
   batch[grpc.opType.SEND_MESSAGE] = message;
   this.call.startBatch(batch, function(err, event) {
     if (err) {
-      // Something has gone wrong. Stop writing by failing to call callback
-      return;
+      /* Assume that the call is complete and that writing failed because a
+         status was received. In that case, set a flag to discard all future
+         writes */
+      self.writeFailed = true;
     }
     callback();
   });
diff --git a/test/common_test.js b/test/common_test.js
index b7c2c6a8..db80207e 100644
--- a/test/common_test.js
+++ b/test/common_test.js
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ describe('Proto message long int serialize and deserialize', function() {
     var longNumDeserialize = deserializeCls(messages_proto.LongValues,
                                             num_options);
     var serialized = longSerialize({int_64: pos_value});
-    console.log(longDeserialize(serialized));
     assert.strictEqual(typeof longDeserialize(serialized).int_64, 'string');
     /* With the longsAsStrings option disabled, long values are represented as
      * objects with 3 keys: low, high, and unsigned */
diff --git a/test/surface_test.js b/test/surface_test.js
index d2f0511a..0696e7ae 100644
--- a/test/surface_test.js
+++ b/test/surface_test.js
@@ -1110,6 +1110,18 @@ describe('Other conditions', function() {
         done();
       });
     });
+    it('after the call has fully completed', function(done) {
+      var peer;
+      var call = client.unary({error: false}, function(err, data) {
+        assert.ifError(err);
+        setImmediate(function() {
+          assert.strictEqual(peer, call.getPeer());
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+      peer = call.getPeer();
+      assert.strictEqual(typeof peer, 'string');
+    });
   });
 });
 describe('Call propagation', function() {
@@ -1352,4 +1364,17 @@ describe('Cancelling surface client', function() {
     });
     call.cancel();
   });
+  it('Should be idempotent', function(done) {
+    var call = client.div({'divisor': 0, 'dividend': 0}, function(err, resp) {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, surface_client.status.CANCELLED);
+      // Call asynchronously to try cancelling after call is fully completed
+      setImmediate(function() {
+        assert.doesNotThrow(function() {
+          call.cancel();
+        });
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+    call.cancel();
+  });
 });