diff --git a/status/status.go b/status/status.go
index 53910fb7c901..d35ae60cd057 100644
--- a/status/status.go
+++ b/status/status.go
@@ -92,10 +92,20 @@ func FromError(err error) (s *Status, ok bool) {
 	}
 	type grpcstatus interface{ GRPCStatus() *Status }
 	if gs, ok := err.(grpcstatus); ok {
+		if gs.GRPCStatus() == nil {
+			// Error has a status of OK. There is no sensible behavior for this, so map it to Unknown and discard the
+			// status.
+			return New(codes.Unknown, err.Error()), false
+		}
 		return gs.GRPCStatus(), true
 	}
 	var gs grpcstatus
 	if errors.As(err, &gs) {
+		if gs.GRPCStatus() == nil {
+			// Error wraps an error that has an OK status. There is no sensible behavior for this, so map it to Unknown
+			// and discard the status.
+			return New(codes.Unknown, err.Error()), false
+		}
 		p := gs.GRPCStatus().Proto()
 		p.Message = err.Error()
 		return status.FromProto(p), true
diff --git a/status/status_test.go b/status/status_test.go
index b0bb3fcb67cc..d5d257e5c0a2 100644
--- a/status/status_test.go
+++ b/status/status_test.go
@@ -202,6 +202,33 @@ func (s) TestFromErrorWrapped(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type customErrorNilStatus struct {
+}
+
+func (c customErrorNilStatus) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("test")
+}
+
+func (c customErrorNilStatus) GRPCStatus() *Status {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (s) TestFromErrorImplementsInterfaceReturnsOKStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	err := customErrorNilStatus{}
+	s, ok := FromError(err)
+	if ok || s.Code() != codes.Unknown || s.Message() != err.Error() {
+		t.Fatalf("FromError(%v) = %v, %v; want <Code()=%s, Message()=%q, Err()!=nil>, true", err, s, ok, codes.Unknown, err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
+func (s) TestFromErrorImplementsInterfaceReturnsOKStatusWrapped(t *testing.T) {
+	err := fmt.Errorf("wrapping: %w", customErrorNilStatus{})
+	s, ok := FromError(err)
+	if ok || s.Code() != codes.Unknown || s.Message() != err.Error() {
+		t.Fatalf("FromError(%v) = %v, %v; want <Code()=%s, Message()=%q, Err()!=nil>, true", err, s, ok, codes.Unknown, err.Error())
+	}
+}
+
 func (s) TestFromErrorImplementsInterfaceWrapped(t *testing.T) {
 	const code, message = codes.Internal, "test description"
 	err := fmt.Errorf("wrapped error: %w", customError{Code: code, Message: message})