diff --git a/src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.c b/src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.c
index c81c0fb3320..a85c16b881d 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/lb_policy/grpclb/grpclb.c
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/sockaddr.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/sockaddr_utils.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/slice/slice_internal.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/slice/slice_string_helpers.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/backoff.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/support/string.h"
@@ -975,7 +976,7 @@ static void lb_call_init(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, glb_lb_policy *glb_policy) {
   grpc_slice request_payload_slice = grpc_grpclb_request_encode(request);
   glb_policy->lb_request_payload =
       grpc_raw_byte_buffer_create(&request_payload_slice, 1);
-  grpc_slice_unref(request_payload_slice);
+  grpc_slice_unref_internal(exec_ctx, request_payload_slice);
   grpc_grpclb_request_destroy(request);
 
   glb_policy->lb_call_status_details = NULL;
@@ -1093,7 +1094,7 @@ static void lb_on_response_received(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
         grpc_grpclb_response_parse_serverlist(response_slice);
     if (serverlist != NULL) {
       GPR_ASSERT(glb_policy->lb_call != NULL);
-      grpc_slice_unref(response_slice);
+      grpc_slice_unref_internal(exec_ctx, response_slice);
       if (grpc_lb_glb_trace) {
         gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "Serverlist with %lu servers received",
                 (unsigned long)serverlist->num_servers);
@@ -1136,7 +1137,7 @@ static void lb_on_response_received(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg,
     } else { /* serverlist == NULL */
       gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Invalid LB response received: '%s'. Ignoring.",
               grpc_dump_slice(response_slice, GPR_DUMP_ASCII | GPR_DUMP_HEX));
-      grpc_slice_unref(response_slice);
+      grpc_slice_unref_internal(exec_ctx, response_slice);
     }
 
     if (!glb_policy->shutting_down) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/http_server_filter.c b/src/core/lib/channel/http_server_filter.c
index da31176ce90..cb0fe230cf4 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/http_server_filter.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/http_server_filter.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static void destroy_call_elem(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_call_element *elem,
                               const grpc_call_final_info *final_info,
                               void *ignored) {
   call_data *calld = elem->call_data;
-  grpc_slice_buffer_destroy(&calld->read_slice_buffer);
+  grpc_slice_buffer_destroy_internal(exec_ctx, &calld->read_slice_buffer);
 }
 
 /* Constructor for channel_data */
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
index 32e62dd5292..37819166e33 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sanity/sanity_tests.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_sources_and_headers.py
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_submodules.sh
 - script: tools/run_tests/sanity/check_test_filtering.py
+- script: tools/run_tests/sanity/core_banned_functions.py
 - script: tools/buildgen/generate_projects.sh -j 3
   cpu_cost: 3
 - script: tools/distrib/check_copyright.py
@@ -12,3 +13,4 @@
 - script: tools/distrib/check_nanopb_output.sh
 - script: tools/distrib/check_include_guards.py
 - script: tools/distrib/python/check_grpcio_tools.py
+