diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/request_response_with_payload_and_call_creds.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/request_response_with_payload_and_call_creds.c
index 0ebea438c698541ce0b76f4e7da38c0a08d13074..437345960ac20149f6268fa61e94e2979dd49770 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/request_response_with_payload_and_call_creds.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/request_response_with_payload_and_call_creds.c
@@ -125,6 +125,8 @@ static void test_call_creds_failure(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   GPR_ASSERT(grpc_call_set_credentials(c, creds) != GRPC_CALL_OK);
   grpc_credentials_release(creds);
 
+  grpc_call_destroy(c);
+
   end_test(&f);
   config.tear_down_data(&f);
 }