|  | @@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ grpc_error *grpc_validate_header_key_is_legal(grpc_slice slice) {
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				|  |  |        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x60, 0xff, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
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				|  |  |        0x80, 0xfe, 0xff, 0xff, 0x07, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
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				|  |  |        0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00};
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				|  |  | -  if (GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(slice) == 0 || GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(slice)[0] == ':') {
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				|  |  | -    return 0;
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				|  |  | +  if (GRPC_SLICE_LENGTH(slice) == 0) {
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				|  |  | +    return GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Metadata keys cannot be zero length");
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				|  |  | +  }
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				|  |  | +  if (GRPC_SLICE_START_PTR(slice)[0] == ':') {
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				|  |  | +    return GRPC_ERROR_CREATE("Metadata keys cannot start with :");
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				|  |  |    }
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				|  |  |    return conforms_to(slice, legal_header_bits, "Illegal header key");
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				|  |  |  }
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