diff --git a/internal/transport/handler_server.go b/internal/transport/handler_server.go
index 3dea23573518..d954a64c38f4 100644
--- a/internal/transport/handler_server.go
+++ b/internal/transport/handler_server.go
@@ -277,11 +277,13 @@ func (ht *serverHandlerTransport) writeStatus(s *ServerStream, st *status.Status
 	if err == nil { // transport has not been closed
 		// Note: The trailer fields are compressed with hpack after this call returns.
 		// No WireLength field is set here.
+		s.hdrMu.Lock()
 		for _, sh := range ht.stats {
 			sh.HandleRPC(s.Context(), &stats.OutTrailer{
 				Trailer: s.trailer.Copy(),
 			})
 		}
+		s.hdrMu.Unlock()
 	}
 	ht.Close(errors.New("finished writing status"))
 	return err
diff --git a/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go b/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go
index 911022834322..e64af27411da 100644
--- a/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go
+++ b/internal/transport/handler_server_test.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import (
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/codes"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/mem"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
+	"google.golang.org/grpc/stats"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/status"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/proto"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/protoadapt"
@@ -246,7 +247,26 @@ type handleStreamTest struct {
 	ht    *serverHandlerTransport
 }
 
-func newHandleStreamTest(t *testing.T) *handleStreamTest {
+type mockStatsHandler struct {
+	rpcStatsCh chan stats.RPCStats
+}
+
+func (h *mockStatsHandler) TagRPC(ctx context.Context, _ *stats.RPCTagInfo) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (h *mockStatsHandler) HandleRPC(_ context.Context, s stats.RPCStats) {
+	h.rpcStatsCh <- s
+}
+
+func (h *mockStatsHandler) TagConn(ctx context.Context, _ *stats.ConnTagInfo) context.Context {
+	return ctx
+}
+
+func (h *mockStatsHandler) HandleConn(context.Context, stats.ConnStats) {
+}
+
+func newHandleStreamTest(t *testing.T, statsHandlers []stats.Handler) *handleStreamTest {
 	bodyr, bodyw := io.Pipe()
 	req := &http.Request{
 		ProtoMajor: 2,
@@ -260,7 +280,7 @@ func newHandleStreamTest(t *testing.T) *handleStreamTest {
 		Body: bodyr,
 	}
 	rw := newTestHandlerResponseWriter().(testHandlerResponseWriter)
-	ht, err := NewServerHandlerTransport(rw, req, nil, mem.DefaultBufferPool())
+	ht, err := NewServerHandlerTransport(rw, req, statsHandlers, mem.DefaultBufferPool())
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -273,7 +293,7 @@ func newHandleStreamTest(t *testing.T) *handleStreamTest {
 }
 
 func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams(t *testing.T) {
-	st := newHandleStreamTest(t)
+	st := newHandleStreamTest(t, nil)
 	handleStream := func(s *ServerStream) {
 		if want := "/service/foo.bar"; s.method != want {
 			t.Errorf("stream method = %q; want %q", s.method, want)
@@ -342,7 +362,7 @@ func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_InvalidArgument(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func handleStreamCloseBodyTest(t *testing.T, statusCode codes.Code, msg string) {
-	st := newHandleStreamTest(t)
+	st := newHandleStreamTest(t, nil)
 
 	handleStream := func(s *ServerStream) {
 		s.WriteStatus(status.New(statusCode, msg))
@@ -451,7 +471,7 @@ func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_WriteStatusWrite(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func testHandlerTransportHandleStreams(t *testing.T, handleStream func(st *handleStreamTest, s *ServerStream)) {
-	st := newHandleStreamTest(t)
+	st := newHandleStreamTest(t, nil)
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
 	t.Cleanup(cancel)
 	st.ht.HandleStreams(
@@ -483,7 +503,7 @@ func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_ErrDetails(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	hst := newHandleStreamTest(t)
+	hst := newHandleStreamTest(t, nil)
 	handleStream := func(s *ServerStream) {
 		s.WriteStatus(st)
 	}
@@ -506,11 +526,81 @@ func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_ErrDetails(t *testing.T) {
 	checkHeaderAndTrailer(t, hst.rw, wantHeader, wantTrailer)
 }
 
+// Tests the use of stats handlers and ensures there are no data races while
+// accessing trailers.
+func (s) TestHandlerTransport_HandleStreams_StatsHandlers(t *testing.T) {
+	errDetails := []protoadapt.MessageV1{
+		&epb.RetryInfo{
+			RetryDelay: &durationpb.Duration{Seconds: 60},
+		},
+		&epb.ResourceInfo{
+			ResourceType: "foo bar",
+			ResourceName: "service.foo.bar",
+			Owner:        "User",
+		},
+	}
+
+	statusCode := codes.ResourceExhausted
+	msg := "you are being throttled"
+	st, err := status.New(statusCode, msg).WithDetails(errDetails...)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	stBytes, err := proto.Marshal(st.Proto())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	// Add mock stats handlers to exercise the stats handler code path.
+	statsHandler := &mockStatsHandler{
+		rpcStatsCh: make(chan stats.RPCStats, 2),
+	}
+	hst := newHandleStreamTest(t, []stats.Handler{statsHandler})
+	handleStream := func(s *ServerStream) {
+		if err := s.SendHeader(metadata.New(map[string]string{})); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		if err := s.SetTrailer(metadata.Pairs("custom-trailer", "Custom trailer value")); err != nil {
+			t.Error(err)
+		}
+		s.WriteStatus(st)
+	}
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTestTimeout)
+	defer cancel()
+	hst.ht.HandleStreams(
+		ctx, func(s *ServerStream) { go handleStream(s) },
+	)
+	wantHeader := http.Header{
+		"Date":         nil,
+		"Content-Type": {"application/grpc"},
+		"Trailer":      {"Grpc-Status", "Grpc-Message", "Grpc-Status-Details-Bin"},
+	}
+	wantTrailer := http.Header{
+		"Grpc-Status":             {fmt.Sprint(uint32(statusCode))},
+		"Grpc-Message":            {encodeGrpcMessage(msg)},
+		"Grpc-Status-Details-Bin": {encodeBinHeader(stBytes)},
+		"Custom-Trailer":          []string{"Custom trailer value"},
+	}
+
+	checkHeaderAndTrailer(t, hst.rw, wantHeader, wantTrailer)
+	wantStatTypes := []stats.RPCStats{&stats.OutHeader{}, &stats.OutTrailer{}}
+	for _, wantType := range wantStatTypes {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			t.Fatal("Context timed out waiting for statsHandler.HandleRPC() to be called.")
+		case s := <-statsHandler.rpcStatsCh:
+			if reflect.TypeOf(s) != reflect.TypeOf(wantType) {
+				t.Fatalf("Received RPCStats of type %T, want %T", s, wantType)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // TestHandlerTransport_Drain verifies that Drain() is not implemented
 // by `serverHandlerTransport`.
 func (s) TestHandlerTransport_Drain(t *testing.T) {
 	defer func() { recover() }()
-	st := newHandleStreamTest(t)
+	st := newHandleStreamTest(t, nil)
 	st.ht.Drain("whatever")
 	t.Errorf("serverHandlerTransport.Drain() should have panicked")
 }