diff --git a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h
index e65349ddd3a..5e450b0d248 100644
--- a/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h
+++ b/include/grpc++/impl/codegen/call.h
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ namespace CallOpGenericRecvMessageHelper {
 class DeserializeFunc {
  public:
   virtual Status Deserialize(grpc_byte_buffer* buf, int max_message_size) = 0;
+  virtual ~DeserializeFunc() {}
 };
 
 template <class R>
@@ -283,6 +284,8 @@ class DeserializeFuncType GRPC_FINAL : public DeserializeFunc {
     return SerializationTraits<R>::Deserialize(buf, message_, max_message_size);
   }
 
+  ~DeserializeFuncType() override {}
+
  private:
   R* message_;  // Not a managed pointer because management is external to this
 };