diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.c
index ac7785ec1353e8c057d82b472ee487da8f84a2c7..450cf3aa93ba25e63bfb0a17cafd84921bef3c75 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.c
@@ -74,6 +74,30 @@ bool grpc_exec_ctx_flush(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx) {
       c = next;
     }
   }
+  if (exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue != NULL) {
+    if (grpc_exec_ctx_ready_to_finish(exec_ctx)) {
+      grpc_workqueue_enqueue(exec_ctx, exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue,
+                             exec_ctx->stolen_closure,
+                             exec_ctx->stolen_closure->error);
+      GRPC_WORKQUEUE_UNREF(exec_ctx, exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue,
+                           "exec_ctx_sched");
+      exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue = NULL;
+      exec_ctx->stolen_closure = NULL;
+    } else {
+      grpc_closure *c = exec_ctx->stolen_closure;
+      GRPC_WORKQUEUE_UNREF(exec_ctx, exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue,
+                           "exec_ctx_sched");
+      exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue = NULL;
+      exec_ctx->stolen_closure = NULL;
+      grpc_error *error = c->error;
+      GPR_TIMER_BEGIN("grpc_exec_ctx_flush.stolen_cb", 0);
+      c->cb(exec_ctx, c->cb_arg, error);
+      GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
+      GPR_TIMER_END("grpc_exec_ctx_flush.stolen_cb", 0);
+      grpc_exec_ctx_flush(exec_ctx);
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
   GPR_TIMER_END("grpc_exec_ctx_flush", 0);
   return did_something;
 }
@@ -88,9 +112,20 @@ void grpc_exec_ctx_sched(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_closure *closure,
                          grpc_workqueue *offload_target_or_null) {
   if (offload_target_or_null == NULL) {
     grpc_closure_list_append(&exec_ctx->closure_list, closure, error);
-  } else {
+  } else if (exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue == NULL) {
+    exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue = offload_target_or_null;
+    closure->error = error;
+    exec_ctx->stolen_closure = closure;
+  } else if (exec_ctx->stealing_from_workqueue != offload_target_or_null) {
     grpc_workqueue_enqueue(exec_ctx, offload_target_or_null, closure, error);
     GRPC_WORKQUEUE_UNREF(exec_ctx, offload_target_or_null, "exec_ctx_sched");
+  } else { /* stealing_from_workqueue == offload_target_or_null */
+    grpc_workqueue_enqueue(exec_ctx, offload_target_or_null,
+                           exec_ctx->stolen_closure,
+                           exec_ctx->stolen_closure->error);
+    closure->error = error;
+    exec_ctx->stolen_closure = closure;
+    GRPC_WORKQUEUE_UNREF(exec_ctx, offload_target_or_null, "exec_ctx_sched");
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h
index 1895ee6245fcb021bf3673f6409e264f23fd7a55..8474905396869916ba2cf94353cdde7957607225 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ typedef struct grpc_combiner grpc_combiner;
  */
 struct grpc_exec_ctx {
   grpc_closure_list closure_list;
+  grpc_workqueue *stealing_from_workqueue;
+  grpc_closure *stolen_closure;
   /** currently active combiner: updated only via combiner.c */
   grpc_combiner *active_combiner;
   bool cached_ready_to_finish;
@@ -74,7 +76,10 @@ struct grpc_exec_ctx {
 };
 
 #define GRPC_EXEC_CTX_INIT_WITH_FINISH_CHECK(finish_check, finish_check_arg) \
-  { GRPC_CLOSURE_LIST_INIT, NULL, false, finish_check_arg, finish_check }
+  {                                                                          \
+    GRPC_CLOSURE_LIST_INIT, NULL, NULL, NULL, false, finish_check_arg,       \
+        finish_check                                                         \
+  }
 #else
 struct grpc_exec_ctx {
   bool cached_ready_to_finish;