diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
index 5e0b37c1b82..a17cc253feb 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCChannel.m
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ NSTimeInterval kChannelDestroyDelay = 30;
     _refCount--;
     if (_refCount == 0) {
       [_timer invalidate];
-      _timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:self->_destroyDelay
+      _timer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:_destroyDelay
                                                 target:self
                                               selector:@selector(timerFire:)
                                               userInfo:nil