diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.h b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.h
index fbb12295f..b2881ac06 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.h
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #include "mediapipe/framework/calculator.pb.h"
 #include "mediapipe/tasks/cc/core/task_runner.h"
 
+#include <optional>
+
 NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
 
 /**
@@ -72,8 +74,6 @@ NS_ASSUME_NONNULL_BEGIN
  * caller's responsibility to synchronize access to this method across multiple threads and to
  * ensure that the input packet timestamps are in order.
  */
-- (absl::StatusOr<mediapipe::tasks::core::PacketMap>)process:
-    (const mediapipe::tasks::core::PacketMap &)packetMap;
 - (std::optional<mediapipe::tasks::core::PacketMap>)
     processPacketMap:(const mediapipe::tasks::core::PacketMap &)packetMap
                error:(NSError **)error;
diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.mm b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.mm
index f7db95536..a57846338 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.mm
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/ios/core/sources/MPPTaskRunner.mm
@@ -50,8 +50,14 @@ using TaskRunnerCpp = ::mediapipe::tasks::core::TaskRunner;
   return self;
 }
 
-- (absl::StatusOr<PacketMap>)process:(const PacketMap &)packetMap {
-  return _cppTaskRunner->Process(packetMap);
+- (std::optional<PacketMap>)processPacketMap:(const PacketMap &)packetMap error:(NSError **)error {
+  absl::StatusOr<PacketMap> resultPacketMap = _cppTaskRunner->Process(packetMap);
+  if (![MPPCommonUtils checkCppError:resultPacketMap.status() toError:error]) {
+    return std::nullopt;
+  }
+  return resultPacketMap.value();
+}
+
 - (BOOL)sendPacketMap:(const PacketMap &)packetMap error:(NSError **)error {
   absl::Status sendStatus = _cppTaskRunner->Send(packetMap);
   return [MPPCommonUtils checkCppError:sendStatus toError:error];