diff --git a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_channel.py b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_channel.py
index 3e8a6b75a9d..eff5d1a89c6 100644
--- a/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_channel.py
+++ b/src/python/grpcio/grpc/_channel.py
@@ -1123,10 +1123,12 @@ class _ChannelCallState(object):
         self.managed_calls = 0
 
     def __del__(self):
-        if hasattr(self,
-                   'channel') and self.channel and cygrpc and cygrpc.StatusCode:
+        try:
             self.channel.close(cygrpc.StatusCode.cancelled,
                                'Channel deallocated!')
+        except (TypeError, AttributeError) as error:
+            logging.debug('Channel deallocation failed with: <%s>: %s',
+                          type(error), str(error))
 
 
 def _run_channel_spin_thread(state):