diff --git a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
index a0f3d160c64..a2c1c08169f 100644
--- a/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
+++ b/src/php/ext/grpc/call.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ zval *grpc_php_wrap_call(grpc_call *wrapped, bool owned) {
   wrapped_grpc_call *call =
       (wrapped_grpc_call *)zend_object_store_get_object(call_object TSRMLS_CC);
   call->wrapped = wrapped;
+  call->owned = owned;
   return call_object;
 }