diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.c b/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.c
index 17f8893aadb..8aabd7ab68d 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.c
@@ -263,6 +263,8 @@ static void bp_resize(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *args, grpc_error *error) {
              !bulist_empty(a->buffer_pool, GRPC_BULIST_AWAITING_ALLOCATION)) {
     bpstep_sched(exec_ctx, a->buffer_pool);
   }
+  grpc_buffer_pool_internal_unref(exec_ctx, a->buffer_pool);
+  gpr_free(a);
 }
 
 /*******************************************************************************
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.h
index 087d9a167f3..290f328b6b3 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/buffer_pool.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@
 
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/exec_ctx.h"
 
+grpc_buffer_pool *grpc_buffer_pool_internal_ref(grpc_buffer_pool *buffer_pool);
+void grpc_buffer_pool_internal_unref(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                     grpc_buffer_pool *buffer_pool);
+
 typedef enum {
   GRPC_BULIST_AWAITING_ALLOCATION,
   GRPC_BULIST_NON_EMPTY_FREE_POOL,