diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc
index e97a544e12c..7774cbf1ba6 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.cc
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/timer.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/timer_manager.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/slice/slice_internal.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/surface/init.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/surface/server.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/transport/metadata.h"
 #include "test/core/end2end/data/ssl_test_data.h"
@@ -1200,5 +1201,6 @@ extern "C" int LLVMFuzzerTestOneInput(const uint8_t* data, size_t size) {
   grpc_resource_quota_unref(g_resource_quota);
 
   grpc_shutdown();
+  grpc_maybe_wait_for_async_shutdown();
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/test/core/util/memory_counters.cc b/test/core/util/memory_counters.cc
index a16814febbb..8cc0fedbf0d 100644
--- a/test/core/util/memory_counters.cc
+++ b/test/core/util/memory_counters.cc
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ LeakDetector::LeakDetector(bool enable) : enabled_(enable) {
 }
 
 LeakDetector::~LeakDetector() {
+  // Wait for grpc_shutdown() to finish its async work.
+  grpc_maybe_wait_for_async_shutdown();
   if (enabled_) {
-    // Wait for grpc_shutdown() to finish its async work.
-    grpc_maybe_wait_for_async_shutdown();
     struct grpc_memory_counters counters = grpc_memory_counters_snapshot();
     if (counters.total_size_relative != 0) {
       gpr_log(GPR_ERROR, "Leaking %" PRIuPTR " bytes",