diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
index 36f878fdd4ddb7912d6e0c9434f2c3d647198842..ed9c9c56cf165dff8c2591caa1b31974b2696905 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_server_posix.c
@@ -258,10 +258,7 @@ static void deactivated_all_ports(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_tcp_server *s) {
   /* delete ALL the things */
   gpr_mu_lock(&s->mu);
 
-  if (!s->shutdown) {
-    gpr_mu_unlock(&s->mu);
-    return;
-  }
+  GPR_ASSERT(s->shutdown);
 
   if (s->head) {
     grpc_tcp_listener *sp;
@@ -465,7 +462,7 @@ static void on_read(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg, grpc_error *err) {
 
 error:
   gpr_mu_lock(&sp->server->mu);
-  if (0 == --sp->server->active_ports) {
+  if (0 == --sp->server->active_ports && sp->server->shutdown) {
     gpr_mu_unlock(&sp->server->mu);
     deactivated_all_ports(exec_ctx, sp->server);
   } else {