diff --git a/test/core/util/trickle_endpoint.h b/test/core/util/trickle_endpoint.h
index 78f1eeeda2f..ca39638ba0d 100644
--- a/test/core/util/trickle_endpoint.h
+++ b/test/core/util/trickle_endpoint.h
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/endpoint.h"
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+extern "C" {
+#endif  // __cplusplus
+
 grpc_endpoint *grpc_trickle_endpoint_create(grpc_endpoint *wrap,
                                             double bytes_per_second);
 
@@ -30,4 +34,8 @@ size_t grpc_trickle_endpoint_trickle(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
 
 size_t grpc_trickle_get_backlog(grpc_endpoint *endpoint);
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
+}
+#endif  // __cplusplus
+
 #endif
diff --git a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack_trickle.cc b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack_trickle.cc
index adb5e6657f2..14eb3534cf5 100644
--- a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack_trickle.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_fullstack_trickle.cc
@@ -26,12 +26,10 @@
 #include "test/cpp/microbenchmarks/fullstack_context_mutators.h"
 #include "test/cpp/microbenchmarks/fullstack_fixtures.h"
 #include "test/cpp/util/test_config.h"
-extern "C" {
 #include "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.h"
 #include "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/timer_manager.h"
 #include "test/core/util/trickle_endpoint.h"
-}
 
 DEFINE_bool(log, false, "Log state to CSV files");
 DEFINE_int32(