diff --git a/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc b/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
index 8573ddb542c..9371a5a081b 100644
--- a/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/qps/client_sync.cc
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class SynchronousClient : public Client {
     SetupLoadTest(config, num_threads_);
   }
 
-  virtual ~SynchronousClient() { EndThreads(); }
+  virtual ~SynchronousClient() {};
 
  protected:
   void WaitToIssue(int thread_idx) {
@@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ class SynchronousUnaryClient GRPC_FINAL : public SynchronousClient {
  public:
   SynchronousUnaryClient(const ClientConfig& config):
     SynchronousClient(config) {StartThreads(num_threads_);}
-  ~SynchronousUnaryClient() {}
-
+  ~SynchronousUnaryClient() {EndThreads();}
   bool ThreadFunc(Histogram* histogram, size_t thread_idx) GRPC_OVERRIDE {
     WaitToIssue(thread_idx);
     auto* stub = channels_[thread_idx % channels_.size()].get_stub();