diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/filter_call_init_fails.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/filter_call_init_fails.c
index 7dcc23157af..c06ad965e74 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/filter_call_init_fails.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/filter_call_init_fails.c
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ static void test_client_channel_filter(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&request_metadata_recv);
   grpc_call_details_destroy(&call_details);
 
-  grpc_call_destroy(c);
+  grpc_call_unref(c);
 
   cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ static void test_client_subchannel_filter(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   // Reset and create a new call.  (The first call uses a different code
   // path in client_channel.c than subsequent calls on the same channel,
   // and we need to test both.)
-  grpc_call_destroy(c);
+  grpc_call_unref(c);
   status = GRPC_STATUS_OK;
   grpc_slice_unref(details);
   details = grpc_empty_slice();
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static void test_client_subchannel_filter(grpc_end2end_test_config config) {
   grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&request_metadata_recv);
   grpc_call_details_destroy(&call_details);
 
-  grpc_call_destroy(c);
+  grpc_call_unref(c);
 
   cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
 
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/tests/max_connection_idle.c b/test/core/end2end/tests/max_connection_idle.c
index 98bc08c6d5a..1375deee7de 100644
--- a/test/core/end2end/tests/max_connection_idle.c
+++ b/test/core/end2end/tests/max_connection_idle.c
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ static void simple_request_body(grpc_end2end_test_config config,
   grpc_metadata_array_destroy(&request_metadata_recv);
   grpc_call_details_destroy(&call_details);
 
-  grpc_call_destroy(c);
-  grpc_call_destroy(s);
+  grpc_call_unref(c);
+  grpc_call_unref(s);
 
   cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
 }