diff --git a/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.cc b/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.cc
index e70539ceefa..75271b6e826 100644
--- a/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.cc
@@ -537,7 +537,14 @@ void TFE_ContextAddFunctionDef(TFE_Context* ctx,
 }  // extern "C"
 
 TFE_TensorHandle* TFE_NewTensorHandle(const tensorflow::Tensor& t) {
-  return new TFE_TensorHandle(t, nullptr);
+  TF_Status* status = TF_NewStatus();
+  TFE_TensorHandle* tensor = TFE_NewTensorHandle(t, status);
+  if (TF_GetCode(status) != TF_OK) {
+    TF_DeleteStatus(status);
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  TF_DeleteStatus(status);
+  return tensor;
 }
 
 const tensorflow::Tensor* TFE_TensorHandleUnderlyingTensorInHostMemory(
diff --git a/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.h b/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.h
index 24a80a8f5b5..88a0dd343f2 100644
--- a/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.h
+++ b/tensorflow/c/eager/c_api.h
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ class Tensor;
 
 const tensorflow::Tensor* TFE_TensorHandleUnderlyingTensorInHostMemory(
     TFE_TensorHandle* h, TF_Status* status);
-TFE_TensorHandle* TFE_NewTensorHandle(const tensorflow::Tensor& t, TF_Status* status);
+TFE_TensorHandle* TFE_NewTensorHandle(const tensorflow::Tensor& t);
 #endif
 
 #endif  // TENSORFLOW_C_EAGER_C_API_H_
diff --git a/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc b/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc
index 311bbc9477c..655e3ec8491 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc
+++ b/tensorflow/python/eager/pywrap_tfe_src.cc
@@ -347,14 +347,7 @@ TFE_TensorHandle* TFE_Py_NumpyToTensorHandle(PyObject* obj) {
   tensorflow::Tensor t;
   auto cppstatus = tensorflow::NdarrayToTensor(obj, &t);
   if (cppstatus.ok()) {
-    TF_Status* status = TF_NewStatus();
-    TFE_TensorHandle* tensor = TFE_NewTensorHandle(t, status);
-    if (TF_GetCode(status) != TF_OK) {
-      TF_DeleteStatus(status);
-      return nullptr;
-    }
-    TF_DeleteStatus(status);
-    return tensor;
+    return TFE_NewTensorHandle(t);
   } else {
     tensorflow::mutex_lock l(exception_class_mutex);
     auto msg = tensorflow::strings::StrCat(