diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
index c695621de8c34cbede25a197c19abf2f8da1c0a9..909e34abc70e1d5cbcef77e1d9a9ad6eb9236eee 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ struct grpc_tcp_server {
   grpc_pollset **pollsets;
   /* number of pollsets in the pollsets array */
   size_t pollset_count;
+
+  /* next pollset to assign a channel to */
+  size_t next_pollset_to_assign;
 };
 
 grpc_tcp_server *grpc_tcp_server_create(grpc_closure *shutdown_complete) {
@@ -145,6 +148,7 @@ grpc_tcp_server *grpc_tcp_server_create(grpc_closure *shutdown_complete) {
   s->head = NULL;
   s->tail = NULL;
   s->nports = 0;
+  s->next_pollset_to_assign = 0;
   return s;
 }
 
@@ -317,7 +321,9 @@ static void on_read(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg, bool success) {
     goto error;
   }
 
-  read_notifier_pollset = grpc_fd_get_read_notifier_pollset(exec_ctx, sp->emfd);
+  read_notifier_pollset =
+      sp->server->pollsets[(sp->server->next_pollset_to_assign++) %
+                           sp->server->pollset_count];
 
   /* loop until accept4 returns EAGAIN, and then re-arm notification */
   for (;;) {
diff --git a/src/node/ext/server.cc b/src/node/ext/server.cc
index b9e1fe916013bd5f18a0d75475241df3f97ac0b7..dd1b777ac88b1bf9ca216817da525de4b51b586a 100644
--- a/src/node/ext/server.cc
+++ b/src/node/ext/server.cc
@@ -35,15 +35,15 @@
 
 #include "server.h"
 
-#include <node.h>
 #include <nan.h>
+#include <node.h>
 
 #include <vector>
+#include "call.h"
+#include "completion_queue_async_worker.h"
 #include "grpc/grpc.h"
 #include "grpc/grpc_security.h"
 #include "grpc/support/log.h"
-#include "call.h"
-#include "completion_queue_async_worker.h"
 #include "server_credentials.h"
 #include "timeval.h"
 
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ class NewCallOp : public Op {
     Nan::Set(obj, Nan::New("host").ToLocalChecked(),
              Nan::New(details.host).ToLocalChecked());
     Nan::Set(obj, Nan::New("deadline").ToLocalChecked(),
-             Nan::New<Date>(
-                 TimespecToMilliseconds(details.deadline)).ToLocalChecked());
+             Nan::New<Date>(TimespecToMilliseconds(details.deadline))
+                 .ToLocalChecked());
     Nan::Set(obj, Nan::New("metadata").ToLocalChecked(),
              ParseMetadata(&request_metadata));
     return scope.Escape(obj);
@@ -117,14 +117,13 @@ class NewCallOp : public Op {
   grpc_metadata_array request_metadata;
 
  protected:
-  std::string GetTypeString() const {
-    return "new_call";
-  }
+  std::string GetTypeString() const { return "new_call"; }
 };
 
 Server::Server(grpc_server *server) : wrapped_server(server) {
   shutdown_queue = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
-  grpc_server_register_completion_queue(server, shutdown_queue, NULL);
+  grpc_server_register_non_listening_completion_queue(server, shutdown_queue,
+                                                      NULL);
 }
 
 Server::~Server() {
@@ -156,8 +155,7 @@ bool Server::HasInstance(Local<Value> val) {
 }
 
 void Server::ShutdownServer() {
-  grpc_server_shutdown_and_notify(this->wrapped_server,
-                                  this->shutdown_queue,
+  grpc_server_shutdown_and_notify(this->wrapped_server, this->shutdown_queue,
                                   NULL);
   grpc_server_cancel_all_calls(this->wrapped_server);
   grpc_completion_queue_pluck(this->shutdown_queue, NULL,
@@ -170,8 +168,8 @@ NAN_METHOD(Server::New) {
   if (!info.IsConstructCall()) {
     const int argc = 1;
     Local<Value> argv[argc] = {info[0]};
-    MaybeLocal<Object> maybe_instance = constructor->GetFunction()->NewInstance(
-        argc, argv);
+    MaybeLocal<Object> maybe_instance =
+        constructor->GetFunction()->NewInstance(argc, argv);
     if (maybe_instance.IsEmpty()) {
       // There's probably a pending exception
       return;
@@ -185,8 +183,9 @@ NAN_METHOD(Server::New) {
   grpc_channel_args *channel_args;
   if (!ParseChannelArgs(info[0], &channel_args)) {
     DeallocateChannelArgs(channel_args);
-    return Nan::ThrowTypeError("Server options must be an object with "
-                               "string keys and integer or string values");
+    return Nan::ThrowTypeError(
+        "Server options must be an object with "
+        "string keys and integer or string values");
   }
   wrapped_server = grpc_server_create(channel_args, NULL);
   DeallocateChannelArgs(channel_args);
@@ -218,8 +217,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(Server::RequestCall) {
 
 NAN_METHOD(Server::AddHttp2Port) {
   if (!HasInstance(info.This())) {
-    return Nan::ThrowTypeError(
-        "addHttp2Port can only be called on a Server");
+    return Nan::ThrowTypeError("addHttp2Port can only be called on a Server");
   }
   if (!info[0]->IsString()) {
     return Nan::ThrowTypeError(
@@ -239,8 +237,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(Server::AddHttp2Port) {
                                                *Utf8String(info[0]));
   } else {
     port = grpc_server_add_secure_http2_port(server->wrapped_server,
-                                             *Utf8String(info[0]),
-                                             creds);
+                                             *Utf8String(info[0]), creds);
   }
   info.GetReturnValue().Set(Nan::New<Number>(port));
 }
@@ -262,8 +259,7 @@ NAN_METHOD(Server::TryShutdown) {
   Server *server = ObjectWrap::Unwrap<Server>(info.This());
   unique_ptr<OpVec> ops(new OpVec());
   grpc_server_shutdown_and_notify(
-      server->wrapped_server,
-      CompletionQueueAsyncWorker::GetQueue(),
+      server->wrapped_server, CompletionQueueAsyncWorker::GetQueue(),
       new struct tag(new Nan::Callback(info[0].As<Function>()), ops.release(),
                      shared_ptr<Resources>(nullptr)));
   CompletionQueueAsyncWorker::Next();
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi
index 66e6e6b549a3e6ffe9323ed7b7ec50f9ca00bb1f..d42c58050fbadd5cd1a3d1d651b4ec08898f33af 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/grpc.pxi
@@ -336,6 +336,8 @@ cdef extern from "grpc/_cython/loader.h":
   void grpc_server_register_completion_queue(grpc_server *server,
                                              grpc_completion_queue *cq,
                                              void *reserved) nogil
+  void grpc_server_register_non_listening_completion_queue(
+      grpc_server *server, grpc_completion_queue *cq, void *reserved) nogil
   int grpc_server_add_insecure_http2_port(
       grpc_server *server, const char *addr) nogil
   void grpc_server_start(grpc_server *server) nogil
diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/server.pyx.pxi b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/server.pyx.pxi
index 8419a5906818a571512108a87a6b55c8d5f96523..55948755b2f86bf194f3ad3befa2b310ba42cc43 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/server.pyx.pxi
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_cython/_cygrpc/server.pyx.pxi
@@ -81,11 +81,20 @@ cdef class Server:
           self.c_server, queue.c_completion_queue, NULL)
     self.registered_completion_queues.append(queue)
 
+  def register_non_listening_completion_queue(
+      self, CompletionQueue queue not None):
+    if self.is_started:
+      raise ValueError("cannot register completion queues after start")
+    with nogil:
+      grpc_server_register_non_listening_completion_queue(
+          self.c_server, queue.c_completion_queue, NULL)
+    self.registered_completion_queues.append(queue)
+
   def start(self):
     if self.is_started:
       raise ValueError("the server has already started")
     self.backup_shutdown_queue = CompletionQueue()
-    self.register_completion_queue(self.backup_shutdown_queue)
+    self.register_non_listening_completion_queue(self.backup_shutdown_queue)
     self.is_started = True
     with nogil:
       grpc_server_start(self.c_server)
@@ -169,4 +178,3 @@ cdef class Server:
           time.sleep(0)
       with nogil:
         grpc_server_destroy(self.c_server)
-