diff --git a/src/cpp/client/cronet_credentials.cc b/src/cpp/client/cronet_credentials.cc
index b2801764f20..0f8b988674b 100644
--- a/src/cpp/client/cronet_credentials.cc
+++ b/src/cpp/client/cronet_credentials.cc
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ class CronetChannelCredentialsImpl final : public ChannelCredentials {
           interceptor_creators) override {
     grpc_channel_args channel_args;
     args.SetChannelArgs(&channel_args);
-    return CreateChannelInternal(
+    return ::grpc_impl::CreateChannelInternal(
         "",
         grpc_cronet_secure_channel_create(engine_, target.c_str(),
                                           &channel_args, nullptr),