diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_custom.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_custom.cc
index b3b29340146..990e8d632b9 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_custom.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_custom.cc
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ static void call_read_cb(custom_tcp_endpoint* tcp, grpc_error* error) {
   TCP_UNREF(tcp, "read");
   tcp->read_slices = nullptr;
   tcp->read_cb = nullptr;
-  GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(cb, error);
+  GRPC_CLOSURE_SCHED(cb, error);
 }
 
 static void custom_read_callback(grpc_custom_socket* socket, size_t nread,