diff --git a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.c b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.c
index 7bed78daf7d..4afeb4a3d2b 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/security/credentials/google_default/google_default_credentials.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static int is_stack_running_on_compute_engine(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx) {
                         grpc_polling_entity_pollset(&detector.pollent),
                         &destroy_closure);
   g_polling_mu = NULL;
+  grpc_exec_ctx_flush(exec_ctx);
 
   gpr_free(grpc_polling_entity_pollset(&detector.pollent));
   grpc_http_response_destroy(&detector.response);