diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
index fe05e439608..2d92a7e6bba 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
@@ -1668,6 +1668,7 @@ static void retry_initiate_ping_locked(void* tp, grpc_error* error) {
   if (error == GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
     grpc_chttp2_initiate_write(t, GRPC_CHTTP2_INITIATE_WRITE_RETRY_SEND_PING);
   }
+  GRPC_CHTTP2_UNREF_TRANSPORT(t, "retry_initiate_ping_locked");
 }
 
 void grpc_chttp2_ack_ping(grpc_chttp2_transport* t, uint64_t id) {
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.cc
index 95358ab525f..1d6c9b05821 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.cc
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ static void maybe_initiate_ping(grpc_chttp2_transport* t) {
     }
     if (!t->ping_state.is_delayed_ping_timer_set) {
       t->ping_state.is_delayed_ping_timer_set = true;
+      GRPC_CHTTP2_REF_TRANSPORT(t, "retry_initiate_ping_locked");
       grpc_timer_init(&t->ping_state.delayed_ping_timer, next_allowed_ping,
                       &t->retry_initiate_ping_locked);
     }
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/poc-2d730ebd78b3052e4367ad0d485208dcb205482cbcd6289f17907989b8de1fba b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/poc-2d730ebd78b3052e4367ad0d485208dcb205482cbcd6289f17907989b8de1fba
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89e28bbe370
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/poc-2d730ebd78b3052e4367ad0d485208dcb205482cbcd6289f17907989b8de1fba differ
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
index 0d65cc483c4..12948c8ffa3 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/generated/tests.json
@@ -105335,6 +105335,29 @@
     ], 
     "uses_polling": false
   }, 
+  {
+    "args": [
+      "test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/poc-2d730ebd78b3052e4367ad0d485208dcb205482cbcd6289f17907989b8de1fba"
+    ], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 0.1, 
+    "exclude_configs": [
+      "tsan"
+    ], 
+    "exclude_iomgrs": [
+      "uv"
+    ], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "api_fuzzer_one_entry", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "mac", 
+      "linux"
+    ], 
+    "uses_polling": false
+  }, 
   {
     "args": [
       "test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/poc-c726ee220e980ed6ad17809fd9efe2844ee61555ac08e4f88afd8901cc2dd53a"