diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.h b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.h
index 4b7bcdbff40..3b62c1b3ec0 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.h
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.h
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
  *                                  receiveNextMessages
  *                               didReceiveInitialMetadata
  *                                    didReceiveData
- *                                     didWriteData
+ *                                     didWriteData                   receiveNextmessages
  *           writeData  -----             -----                 ----  didReceiveInitialMetadata
  * receiveNextMessages |     |           |     |               |    | didReceiveData
  *                     |     V           |     V               |    V didWriteData
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.m
index bf043fcd1f5..a385ecd7813 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCInterceptor.m
@@ -44,39 +44,49 @@
 
 - (void)startNextInterceptorWithRequest:(GRPCRequestOptions *)requestOptions
                             callOptions:(GRPCCallOptions *)callOptions {
-  id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
-  dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
-    [copiedNextInterceptor startWithRequestOptions:requestOptions callOptions:callOptions];
-  });
+  if (_nextInterceptor != nil) {
+    id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
+    dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
+      [copiedNextInterceptor startWithRequestOptions:requestOptions callOptions:callOptions];
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 - (void)writeNextInterceptorWithData:(id)data {
-  id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
-  dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
-    [copiedNextInterceptor writeData:data];
-  });
+  if (_nextInterceptor != nil) {
+    id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
+    dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
+      [copiedNextInterceptor writeData:data];
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 - (void)finishNextInterceptor {
-  id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
-  dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
-    [copiedNextInterceptor finish];
-  });
+  if (_nextInterceptor != nil) {
+    id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
+    dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
+      [copiedNextInterceptor finish];
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 - (void)cancelNextInterceptor {
-  id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
-  dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
-    [copiedNextInterceptor cancel];
-  });
+  if (_nextInterceptor != nil) {
+    id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
+    dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
+      [copiedNextInterceptor cancel];
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 /** Notify the next interceptor in the chain to receive more messages */
 - (void)receiveNextInterceptorMessages:(NSUInteger)numberOfMessages {
-  id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
-  dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
-    [copiedNextInterceptor receiveNextMessages:numberOfMessages];
-  });
+  if (_nextInterceptor != nil) {
+    id<GRPCInterceptorInterface> copiedNextInterceptor = _nextInterceptor;
+    dispatch_async(copiedNextInterceptor.requestDispatchQueue, ^{
+      [copiedNextInterceptor receiveNextMessages:numberOfMessages];
+    });
+  }
 }
 
 // Methods to forward GRPCResponseHandler callbacks to the previous object