diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc
index e33043c34a4..2b635d83d16 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/client_channel.cc
@@ -1195,8 +1195,7 @@ void ChannelData::ExternalConnectivityWatcher::AddWatcherLocked(
     void* arg, grpc_error* /*ignored*/) {
   ExternalConnectivityWatcher* self =
       static_cast<ExternalConnectivityWatcher*>(arg);
-  Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, self->watcher_timer_init_,
-                          GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
+  Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, self->watcher_timer_init_, GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
   // Add new watcher.
   self->chand_->state_tracker_.AddWatcher(
       self->initial_state_,
@@ -2268,9 +2267,8 @@ void CallData::RecvTrailingMetadataReadyForLoadBalancingPolicy(
   calld->lb_recv_trailing_metadata_ready_(error, &trailing_metadata,
                                           &calld->lb_call_state_);
   // Chain to original callback.
-  Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION,
-                          calld->original_recv_trailing_metadata_ready_,
-                          GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+  Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, calld->original_recv_trailing_metadata_ready_,
+               GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
 }
 
 void CallData::MaybeInjectRecvTrailingMetadataReadyForLoadBalancingPolicy(
@@ -2766,7 +2764,7 @@ void CallData::InvokeRecvInitialMetadataCallback(void* arg, grpc_error* error) {
   batch_data->Unref();
   // Invoke callback.
   Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, recv_initial_metadata_ready,
-                          GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+               GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
 }
 
 void CallData::RecvInitialMetadataReady(void* arg, grpc_error* error) {
@@ -2856,8 +2854,7 @@ void CallData::InvokeRecvMessageCallback(void* arg, grpc_error* error) {
   calld->MaybeClearPendingBatch(batch_data->elem, pending);
   batch_data->Unref();
   // Invoke callback.
-  Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, recv_message_ready,
-                          GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+  Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, recv_message_ready, GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
 }
 
 void CallData::RecvMessageReady(void* arg, grpc_error* error) {
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
index 9c4e2b93782..1566dabfe9c 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
@@ -293,9 +293,8 @@ void SubchannelCall::RecvTrailingMetadataReady(void* arg, grpc_error* error) {
   } else {
     channelz_subchannel->RecordCallFailed();
   }
-  grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION,
-                          call->original_recv_trailing_metadata_,
-                          GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+  Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, call->original_recv_trailing_metadata_,
+               GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
 }
 
 void SubchannelCall::IncrementRefCount() {
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
index 3c446aedcf8..5347d2692dc 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.cc
@@ -1836,7 +1836,7 @@ static void perform_transport_op_locked(void* stream_op,
     close_transport_locked(t, op->disconnect_with_error);
   }
 
-  grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, op->on_consumed, GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
+  grpc_core::ExecCtx::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, op->on_consumed, GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
 
   GRPC_CHTTP2_UNREF_TRANSPORT(t, "transport_op");
 }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/closure.h b/src/core/lib/iomgr/closure.h
index 9c72ea4dfea..d0e26902d7b 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/closure.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/closure.h
@@ -253,30 +253,25 @@ class Closure {
  public:
   static void Run(const DebugLocation& location, grpc_closure* closure,
                   grpc_error* error) {
-    if (closure != nullptr) {
+    if (closure == nullptr) {
+      GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
+      return;
+    }
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-      closure->file_initiated = location.file();
-      closure->line_initiated = location.line();
-      closure->run = true;
-      closure->scheduled = false;
-      if (grpc_trace_closure.enabled()) {
-        gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "running closure %p: created [%s:%d]: %s [%s:%d]",
-                closure, closure->file_created, closure->line_created,
-                closure->run ? "run" : "scheduled", closure->file_initiated,
-                closure->line_initiated);
-      }
-      GPR_ASSERT(closure->cb != nullptr);
+    if (grpc_trace_closure.enabled()) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "running closure %p: created [%s:%d]: %s [%s:%d]",
+              closure, closure->file_created, closure->line_created, "run",
+              location.file(), location.line());
+    }
+    GPR_ASSERT(closure->cb != nullptr);
 #endif
-      closure->cb(closure->cb_arg, error);
+    closure->cb(closure->cb_arg, error);
 #ifndef NDEBUG
-      if (grpc_trace_closure.enabled()) {
-        gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "closure %p finished", closure);
-      }
-#endif
-      GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
-    } else {
-      GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
+    if (grpc_trace_closure.enabled()) {
+      gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "closure %p finished", closure);
     }
+#endif
+    GRPC_ERROR_UNREF(error);
   }
 };
 }  // namespace grpc_core
diff --git a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.cc b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.cc
index e422d17a60e..668a0c805e8 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/iomgr/tcp_posix.cc
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ static void call_read_cb(grpc_tcp* tcp, grpc_error* error) {
 
   tcp->read_cb = nullptr;
   tcp->incoming_buffer = nullptr;
-  GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(cb, error);
+  grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, cb, error);
 }
 
 #define MAX_READ_IOVEC 4
@@ -645,7 +645,8 @@ static void tcp_read(grpc_endpoint* ep, grpc_slice_buffer* incoming_buffer,
      * right thing (i.e calls tcp_do_read() which either reads the available
      * bytes or calls notify_on_read() to be notified when new bytes become
      * available */
-    GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(&tcp->read_done_closure, GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
+    grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, &tcp->read_done_closure,
+                            GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
   }
 }
 
@@ -1026,7 +1027,7 @@ static void tcp_handle_write(void* arg /* grpc_tcp */, grpc_error* error) {
   if (error != GRPC_ERROR_NONE) {
     cb = tcp->write_cb;
     tcp->write_cb = nullptr;
-    GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(cb, GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
+    grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, cb, GRPC_ERROR_REF(error));
     TCP_UNREF(tcp, "write");
     return;
   }
@@ -1075,11 +1076,12 @@ static void tcp_write(grpc_endpoint* ep, grpc_slice_buffer* buf,
 
   tcp->outgoing_buffer_arg = arg;
   if (buf->length == 0) {
-    GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(cb,
-                     grpc_fd_is_shutdown(tcp->em_fd)
-                         ? tcp_annotate_error(
-                               GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_FROM_STATIC_STRING("EOF"), tcp)
-                         : GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
+    grpc_core::Closure::Run(
+        DEBUG_LOCATION, cb,
+        grpc_fd_is_shutdown(tcp->em_fd)
+            ? tcp_annotate_error(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE_FROM_STATIC_STRING("EOF"),
+                                 tcp)
+            : GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
     tcp_shutdown_buffer_list(tcp);
     return;
   }
@@ -1101,7 +1103,7 @@ static void tcp_write(grpc_endpoint* ep, grpc_slice_buffer* buf,
       const char* str = grpc_error_string(error);
       gpr_log(GPR_INFO, "write: %s", str);
     }
-    GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN(cb, error);
+    grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, cb, error);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc b/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc
index e3e54baa9f4..fcebe9bc410 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/surface/call.cc
@@ -1224,8 +1224,9 @@ static void post_batch_completion(batch_control* bctl) {
   if (bctl->completion_data.notify_tag.is_closure) {
     /* unrefs error */
     bctl->call = nullptr;
-    GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN((grpc_closure*)bctl->completion_data.notify_tag.tag,
-                     error);
+    grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION,
+                            (grpc_closure*)bctl->completion_data.notify_tag.tag,
+                            error);
     GRPC_CALL_INTERNAL_UNREF(call, "completion");
   } else {
     /* unrefs error */
@@ -1571,7 +1572,8 @@ static grpc_call_error call_start_batch(grpc_call* call, const grpc_op* ops,
                      static_cast<grpc_cq_completion*>(
                          gpr_malloc(sizeof(grpc_cq_completion))));
     } else {
-      GRPC_CLOSURE_RUN((grpc_closure*)notify_tag, GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
+      grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, (grpc_closure*)notify_tag,
+                              GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
     }
     error = GRPC_CALL_OK;
     goto done;
diff --git a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_closure.cc b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_closure.cc
index 2ce21650a1f..7736012128a 100644
--- a/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_closure.cc
+++ b/test/cpp/microbenchmarks/bm_closure.cc
@@ -78,19 +78,18 @@ static void BM_ClosureInitAgainstCombiner(benchmark::State& state) {
 }
 BENCHMARK(BM_ClosureInitAgainstCombiner);
 
-static void BM_ClosureRunOnExecCtx(benchmark::State& state) {
+static void BM_ClosureRun(benchmark::State& state) {
   TrackCounters track_counters;
   grpc_closure c;
   GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&c, DoNothing, nullptr, grpc_schedule_on_exec_ctx);
   grpc_core::ExecCtx exec_ctx;
   for (auto _ : state) {
     grpc_core::Closure::Run(DEBUG_LOCATION, &c, GRPC_ERROR_NONE);
-    grpc_core::ExecCtx::Get()->Flush();
   }
 
   track_counters.Finish(state);
 }
-BENCHMARK(BM_ClosureRunOnExecCtx);
+BENCHMARK(BM_ClosureRun);
 
 static void BM_ClosureCreateAndRun(benchmark::State& state) {
   TrackCounters track_counters;