diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/udp_server.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/udp_server.c
index 2a1c8d39fae..d1bcd89af1f 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/udp_server.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/udp_server.c
@@ -485,7 +485,11 @@ void grpc_udp_server_start(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_udp_server *s,
                       grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
     grpc_fd_notify_on_write(exec_ctx, sp->emfd, &sp->write_closure);
 
-    s->active_ports++;
+    /* Registered for both read and write callbacks: increment active_ports
+     * twice to account for this, and delay free-ing of memory until both
+     * on_read and on_write have fired. */
+    s->active_ports += 2;
+
     sp = sp->next;
   }