diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/combiner.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/combiner.c
index 6b326facc3bdc3f9d17350db7728698d93a633a9..73347d502483e4a8d3bb625921b27b4e7e9192f9 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/combiner.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/combiner.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ struct grpc_combiner {
 
 grpc_combiner *grpc_combiner_create(grpc_workqueue *optional_workqueue) {
   grpc_combiner *lock = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*lock));
-  lock->optional_workqueue = GRPC_WORKQUEUE_REF(optional_workqueue, "combiner");
+  lock->optional_workqueue = optional_workqueue;
   gpr_atm_no_barrier_store(&lock->state, 1);
   gpr_mpscq_init(&lock->queue);
   lock->take_async_break_before_final_list = false;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/workqueue.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/workqueue.h
index 416618e2584d64993c16b7984ba7ba7cb7285fad..01f4cb01b8194ffea8bd289eb035df62fb1a6e4c 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/workqueue.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/workqueue.h
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 
 /* grpc_workqueue is forward declared in exec_ctx.h */
 
-//#define GRPC_WORKQUEUE_REFCOUNT_DEBUG
+#define GRPC_WORKQUEUE_REFCOUNT_DEBUG
 #ifdef GRPC_WORKQUEUE_REFCOUNT_DEBUG
 #define GRPC_WORKQUEUE_REF(p, r) \
   (grpc_workqueue_ref((p), __FILE__, __LINE__, (r)), (p))