diff --git a/examples/addsvc/client/grpc/client.go b/examples/addsvc/client/grpc/client.go
index 5ede6197e..2abcdae27 100644
--- a/examples/addsvc/client/grpc/client.go
+++ b/examples/addsvc/client/grpc/client.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func New(conn *grpc.ClientConn, tracer stdopentracing.Tracer, logger log.Logger)
 	{
 		sumEndpoint = grpctransport.NewClient(
 			conn,
-			"Add",
+			"pb.Add",
 			"Sum",
 			addsvc.EncodeGRPCSumRequest,
 			addsvc.DecodeGRPCSumResponse,
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func New(conn *grpc.ClientConn, tracer stdopentracing.Tracer, logger log.Logger)
 	{
 		concatEndpoint = grpctransport.NewClient(
 			conn,
-			"Add",
+			"pb.Add",
 			"Concat",
 			addsvc.EncodeGRPCConcatRequest,
 			addsvc.DecodeGRPCConcatResponse,
diff --git a/transport/grpc/client.go b/transport/grpc/client.go
index c0faa2b36..535b70f24 100644
--- a/transport/grpc/client.go
+++ b/transport/grpc/client.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
-	"strings"
 
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc/metadata"
@@ -37,9 +36,6 @@ func NewClient(
 	grpcReply interface{},
 	options ...ClientOption,
 ) *Client {
-	if strings.IndexByte(serviceName, '.') == -1 {
-		serviceName = "pb." + serviceName
-	}
 	c := &Client{
 		client: cc,
 		method: fmt.Sprintf("/%s/%s", serviceName, method),