diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/PInvokeTest.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/PInvokeTest.cs
index 7529c44c4e6..43f816bb1c6 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/PInvokeTest.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core.Tests/PInvokeTest.cs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Tests
         [Ignore("Prevent running on Jenkins")]
         public void NativeCallbackBenchmark()
         {
-            OpCompletionDelegate handler = Handler;
+            NativeCallbackTestDelegate handler = Handler;
 
             counter = 0;
             BenchmarkUtil.RunBenchmark(
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Tests
                 10000, 10000,
                 () =>
                 {
-                    Native.grpcsharp_test_callback(new OpCompletionDelegate(Handler));
+                    Native.grpcsharp_test_callback(new NativeCallbackTestDelegate(Handler));
                 });
             Assert.AreNotEqual(0, counter);
         }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/BatchContextSafeHandle.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/BatchContextSafeHandle.cs
index cd5e3d8911a..d839413a808 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/BatchContextSafeHandle.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/BatchContextSafeHandle.cs
@@ -20,15 +20,22 @@ using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using System.Text;
 using Grpc.Core;
+using Grpc.Core.Logging;
 
 namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 {
+    internal interface IOpCompletionCallback
+    {
+        void OnComplete(bool success);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// grpcsharp_batch_context
     /// </summary>
-    internal class BatchContextSafeHandle : SafeHandleZeroIsInvalid
+    internal class BatchContextSafeHandle : SafeHandleZeroIsInvalid, IOpCompletionCallback
     {
         static readonly NativeMethods Native = NativeMethods.Get();
+        static readonly ILogger Logger = GrpcEnvironment.Logger.ForType<BatchContextSafeHandle>();
 
         private BatchContextSafeHandle()
         {
@@ -47,6 +54,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             }
         }
 
+        public BatchCompletionDelegate CompletionCallback { get; set; }
+
         // Gets data of recv_initial_metadata completion.
         public Metadata GetReceivedInitialMetadata()
         {
@@ -92,5 +101,22 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             Native.grpcsharp_batch_context_destroy(handle);
             return true;
         }
+
+        void IOpCompletionCallback.OnComplete(bool success)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                CompletionCallback(success, this);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.Error(e, "Exception occured while invoking batch completion delegate.");
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                CompletionCallback = null;
+                Dispose();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/CompletionRegistry.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/CompletionRegistry.cs
index 1102c8d14fb..33734864bdd 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/CompletionRegistry.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/CompletionRegistry.cs
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ using Grpc.Core.Utils;
 
 namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 {
-    internal delegate void OpCompletionDelegate(bool success);
-
     internal delegate void BatchCompletionDelegate(bool success, BatchContextSafeHandle ctx);
 
     internal delegate void RequestCallCompletionDelegate(bool success, RequestCallContextSafeHandle ctx);
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
         static readonly ILogger Logger = GrpcEnvironment.Logger.ForType<CompletionRegistry>();
 
         readonly GrpcEnvironment environment;
-        readonly Dictionary<IntPtr, OpCompletionDelegate> dict = new Dictionary<IntPtr, OpCompletionDelegate>(new IntPtrComparer());
+        readonly Dictionary<IntPtr, IOpCompletionCallback> dict = new Dictionary<IntPtr, IOpCompletionCallback>(new IntPtrComparer());
         readonly object myLock = new object();
         IntPtr lastRegisteredKey;  // only for testing
 
@@ -45,7 +43,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             this.environment = environment;
         }
 
-        public void Register(IntPtr key, OpCompletionDelegate callback)
+        public void Register(IntPtr key, IOpCompletionCallback callback)
         {
             environment.DebugStats.PendingBatchCompletions.Increment();
             lock (myLock)
@@ -57,21 +55,19 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 
         public void RegisterBatchCompletion(BatchContextSafeHandle ctx, BatchCompletionDelegate callback)
         {
-            // TODO(jtattermusch): get rid of new delegate creation here
-            OpCompletionDelegate opCallback = ((success) => HandleBatchCompletion(success, ctx, callback));
-            Register(ctx.Handle, opCallback);
+            ctx.CompletionCallback = callback;
+            Register(ctx.Handle, ctx);
         }
 
         public void RegisterRequestCallCompletion(RequestCallContextSafeHandle ctx, RequestCallCompletionDelegate callback)
         {
-            // TODO(jtattermusch): get rid of new delegate creation here
-            OpCompletionDelegate opCallback = ((success) => HandleRequestCallCompletion(success, ctx, callback));
-            Register(ctx.Handle, opCallback);
+            ctx.CompletionCallback = callback;
+            Register(ctx.Handle, ctx);
         }
 
-        public OpCompletionDelegate Extract(IntPtr key)
+        public IOpCompletionCallback Extract(IntPtr key)
         {
-            OpCompletionDelegate value = null;
+            IOpCompletionCallback value = null;
             lock (myLock)
             {
                 value = dict[key];
@@ -89,44 +85,6 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             get { return this.lastRegisteredKey; }
         }
 
-        private static void HandleBatchCompletion(bool success, BatchContextSafeHandle ctx, BatchCompletionDelegate callback)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                callback(success, ctx);
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                Logger.Error(e, "Exception occured while invoking batch completion delegate.");
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                if (ctx != null)
-                {
-                    ctx.Dispose();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        private static void HandleRequestCallCompletion(bool success, RequestCallContextSafeHandle ctx, RequestCallCompletionDelegate callback)
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                callback(success, ctx);
-            }
-            catch (Exception e)
-            {
-                Logger.Error(e, "Exception occured while invoking request call completion delegate.");
-            }
-            finally
-            {
-                if (ctx != null)
-                {
-                    ctx.Dispose();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
         /// <summary>
         /// IntPtr doesn't implement <c>IEquatable{IntPtr}</c> so we need to use custom comparer to avoid boxing.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/GrpcThreadPool.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/GrpcThreadPool.cs
index f7f723c00bb..bd0229a9dd4 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/GrpcThreadPool.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/GrpcThreadPool.cs
@@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             GrpcPreconditions.CheckArgument(poolSize >= completionQueueCount,
                 "Thread pool size cannot be smaller than the number of completion queues used.");
 
-            this.runCompletionQueueEventCallbackSuccess = new WaitCallback((callback) => RunCompletionQueueEventCallback((OpCompletionDelegate) callback, true));
-            this.runCompletionQueueEventCallbackFailure = new WaitCallback((callback) => RunCompletionQueueEventCallback((OpCompletionDelegate) callback, false));
+            this.runCompletionQueueEventCallbackSuccess = new WaitCallback((callback) => RunCompletionQueueEventCallback((IOpCompletionCallback) callback, true));
+            this.runCompletionQueueEventCallbackFailure = new WaitCallback((callback) => RunCompletionQueueEventCallback((IOpCompletionCallback) callback, false));
         }
 
         public void Start()
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             return list.AsReadOnly();
         }
 
-        private void RunCompletionQueueEventCallback(OpCompletionDelegate callback, bool success)
+        private void RunCompletionQueueEventCallback(IOpCompletionCallback callback, bool success)
         {
             try
             {
-                callback(success);
+                callback.OnComplete(success);
             }
             catch (Exception e)
             {
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.cs
index 22faa19d9bf..d517252cfe6 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/NativeMethods.cs
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ using Grpc.Core.Utils;
 
 namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 {
+    internal delegate void NativeCallbackTestDelegate(bool success);
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Provides access to all native methods provided by <c>NativeExtension</c>.
     /// An extra level of indirection is added to P/Invoke calls to allow intelligent loading
@@ -420,7 +422,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             public delegate Timespec gprsharp_convert_clock_type_delegate(Timespec t, ClockType targetClock);
             public delegate int gprsharp_sizeof_timespec_delegate();
 
-            public delegate CallError grpcsharp_test_callback_delegate([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.FunctionPtr)] OpCompletionDelegate callback);
+            public delegate CallError grpcsharp_test_callback_delegate([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.FunctionPtr)] NativeCallbackTestDelegate callback);
             public delegate IntPtr grpcsharp_test_nop_delegate(IntPtr ptr);
             public delegate void grpcsharp_test_override_method_delegate(string methodName, string variant);
         }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/RequestCallContextSafeHandle.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/RequestCallContextSafeHandle.cs
index b7af0c102d2..09f5c3e4526 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/RequestCallContextSafeHandle.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Core/Internal/RequestCallContextSafeHandle.cs
@@ -19,15 +19,17 @@
 using System;
 using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
 using Grpc.Core;
+using Grpc.Core.Logging;
 
 namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// grpcsharp_request_call_context
     /// </summary>
-    internal class RequestCallContextSafeHandle : SafeHandleZeroIsInvalid
+    internal class RequestCallContextSafeHandle : SafeHandleZeroIsInvalid, IOpCompletionCallback
     {
         static readonly NativeMethods Native = NativeMethods.Get();
+        static readonly ILogger Logger = GrpcEnvironment.Logger.ForType<RequestCallContextSafeHandle>();
 
         private RequestCallContextSafeHandle()
         {
@@ -46,6 +48,8 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             }
         }
 
+        public RequestCallCompletionDelegate CompletionCallback { get; set; }
+
         // Gets data of server_rpc_new completion.
         public ServerRpcNew GetServerRpcNew(Server server)
         {
@@ -72,5 +76,22 @@ namespace Grpc.Core.Internal
             Native.grpcsharp_request_call_context_destroy(handle);
             return true;
         }
+
+        void IOpCompletionCallback.OnComplete(bool success)
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                CompletionCallback(success, this);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                Logger.Error(e, "Exception occured while invoking request call completion delegate.");
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                CompletionCallback = null;
+                Dispose();
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/CompletionRegistryBenchmark.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/CompletionRegistryBenchmark.cs
index 810de119a8b..0e2fb070f19 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/CompletionRegistryBenchmark.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/CompletionRegistryBenchmark.cs
@@ -52,18 +52,26 @@ namespace Grpc.Microbenchmarks
         {
             var completionRegistry = new CompletionRegistry(environment);
             var ctx = BatchContextSafeHandle.Create();
-            var completionDelegate = new OpCompletionDelegate((success) => {});
   
             var stopwatch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
             for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++)
             {
-                completionRegistry.Register(ctx.DangerousGetHandle(), completionDelegate);
+                completionRegistry.Register(ctx.Handle, ctx);
                 var callback = completionRegistry.Extract(completionRegistry.LastRegisteredKey);
+                // NOTE: we are not calling the callback to avoid disposing ctx.
             }
             stopwatch.Stop();
             Console.WriteLine("Elapsed millis: " + stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);          
 
             ctx.Dispose();
         }
+
+        private class NopCompletionCallback : IOpCompletionCallback
+        {
+            public void OnComplete(bool success)
+            {
+
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/SendMessageBenchmark.cs b/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/SendMessageBenchmark.cs
index de67874580d..6a8a29d7701 100644
--- a/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/SendMessageBenchmark.cs
+++ b/src/csharp/Grpc.Microbenchmarks/SendMessageBenchmark.cs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ namespace Grpc.Microbenchmarks
             {
                 call.StartSendMessage(sendCompletionHandler, payload, writeFlags, false);
                 var callback = completionRegistry.Extract(completionRegistry.LastRegisteredKey);
-                callback(true);
+                callback.OnComplete(true);
             }
             stopwatch.Stop();
             Console.WriteLine("Elapsed millis: " + stopwatch.ElapsedMilliseconds);