diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
index 01a6aea..fd896b0 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/bad_ping.c
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
   CQ_EXPECT_COMPLETION(cqv, tag(0xdead), 1);
   cq_verify(cqv);
 
-  grpc_call_destroy(s);
+  grpc_call_unref(s);
 
   // The connection should be closed immediately after the misbehaved pings,
   // the in-progress RPC should fail.
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@
   grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&trailing_metadata_recv);
   grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&request_metadata_recv);
   grpc_call_details_destroy(&call_details);
-  grpc_call_destroy(c);
+  grpc_call_unref(c);
   cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
   end_test(&f);
   config.tear_down_data(&f);