diff --git a/binder/src/main/java/io/grpc/binder/internal/BinderTransportSecurity.java b/binder/src/main/java/io/grpc/binder/internal/BinderTransportSecurity.java
index 6f95ef8a83c..4f6778e2653 100644
--- a/binder/src/main/java/io/grpc/binder/internal/BinderTransportSecurity.java
+++ b/binder/src/main/java/io/grpc/binder/internal/BinderTransportSecurity.java
@@ -109,12 +109,7 @@ public <ReqT, RespT> ServerCall.Listener<ReqT> interceptCall(
       try {
         authStatus = Futures.getDone(authStatusFuture);
       } catch (ExecutionException | CancellationException e) {
-        // Failed futures are treated as an internal error rather than a security rejection.
-        authStatus = Status.INTERNAL.withCause(e);
-        @Nullable String message = e.getMessage();
-        if (message != null) {
-          authStatus = authStatus.withDescription(message);
-        }
+        authStatus = statusFromFailedAuthorizationFuture(e);
       }
 
       if (authStatus.isOk()) {
@@ -147,14 +142,19 @@ public void onSuccess(Status authStatus) {
 
             @Override
             public void onFailure(Throwable t) {
-              call.close(
-                  Status.INTERNAL.withCause(t).withDescription("Authorization future failed"),
-                  new Metadata());
+              call.close(statusFromFailedAuthorizationFuture(t), new Metadata());
             }
           },
           executor);
       return listener;
     }
+
+    private static Status statusFromFailedAuthorizationFuture(Throwable t) {
+      // The actual failure is retained as the cause for debugging, but peers should see a
+      // uniform transport-level failure instead of the underlying exception message.
+      Throwable cause = t instanceof ExecutionException && t.getCause() != null ? t.getCause() : t;
+      return Status.INTERNAL.withCause(cause).withDescription("Authorization future failed");
+    }
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/binder/src/test/java/io/grpc/binder/RobolectricBinderSecurityTest.java b/binder/src/test/java/io/grpc/binder/RobolectricBinderSecurityTest.java
index ffd1d89e69c..b5cef7856dc 100644
--- a/binder/src/test/java/io/grpc/binder/RobolectricBinderSecurityTest.java
+++ b/binder/src/test/java/io/grpc/binder/RobolectricBinderSecurityTest.java
@@ -164,7 +164,23 @@ public void testAsyncServerSecurityPolicy_failedFuture_failsWithCodeInternal() t
     ListenableFuture<Status> status = makeCall();
     statusesToSet.take().setException(new IllegalStateException("oops"));
 
-    assertThat(status.get().getCode()).isEqualTo(Status.Code.INTERNAL);
+    Status failureStatus = status.get();
+    assertThat(failureStatus.getCode()).isEqualTo(Status.Code.INTERNAL);
+    assertThat(failureStatus.getDescription()).isEqualTo("Authorization future failed");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testAsyncServerSecurityPolicy_failedFuture_cachedFailureIsOpaque() throws Exception {
+    ListenableFuture<Status> firstStatusFuture = makeCall();
+    statusesToSet.take().setException(new IOException("ouch"));
+
+    Status firstStatus = firstStatusFuture.get();
+    assertThat(firstStatus.getCode()).isEqualTo(Status.Code.INTERNAL);
+    assertThat(firstStatus.getDescription()).isEqualTo("Authorization future failed");
+
+    Status secondStatus = makeCall().get();
+    assertThat(secondStatus.getCode()).isEqualTo(Status.Code.INTERNAL);
+    assertThat(secondStatus.getDescription()).isEqualTo("Authorization future failed");
   }
 
   @Test