diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
index 6cd4cb0ca30d1ee87c394df4bf5f7671449e2584..7b7b79e1c6250a837de60f92d3a60e2d8f3c7d6a 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ grpc_channel_args * buildChannelArgs(NSDictionary *dictionary) {
                                   NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS,
                                   queue.unmanagedQueue,
                                   path.UTF8String,
-                                  NULL,
+                                  NULL, // Passing NULL for host
                                   gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME), NULL);
 }