diff --git a/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/services/bigtable/transports/pooled_grpc_asyncio.py b/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/services/bigtable/transports/pooled_grpc_asyncio.py
index 372e5796d..ce8fec4e9 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/services/bigtable/transports/pooled_grpc_asyncio.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigtable_v2/services/bigtable/transports/pooled_grpc_asyncio.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 import asyncio
+import inspect
 import warnings
 from functools import partialmethod
 from functools import partial
@@ -387,6 +388,9 @@ def __init__(
         )
 
         # Wrap messages. This must be done after self._grpc_channel exists
+        self._wrap_with_kind = (
+            "kind" in inspect.signature(gapic_v1.method_async.wrap_method).parameters
+        )
         self._prep_wrapped_messages(client_info)
 
     @property