diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/connector.h b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/connector.h
index f7adb46995a..c1c60925141 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/connector.h
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/connector.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/error.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/iomgr_fwd.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/iomgr/resolved_address.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/transport/transport.h"
 #include "src/core/lib/transport/transport_fwd.h"
 
 namespace grpc_core {
@@ -57,7 +58,10 @@ class SubchannelConnector : public InternallyRefCounted<SubchannelConnector> {
     RefCountedPtr<channelz::SocketNode> socket_node;
 
     void Reset() {
-      transport = nullptr;
+      if (transport != nullptr) {
+        grpc_transport_destroy(transport);
+        transport = nullptr;
+      }
       channel_args = ChannelArgs();
       socket_node.reset();
     }
diff --git a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
index 77f97309486..83cfd37fe87 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/filters/client_channel/subchannel.cc
@@ -879,6 +879,7 @@ void Subchannel::OnConnectingFinished(void* arg, grpc_error_handle error) {
 
 void Subchannel::OnConnectingFinishedLocked(grpc_error_handle error) {
   if (shutdown_) {
+    connecting_result_.Reset();
     return;
   }
   // If we didn't get a transport or we fail to publish it, report
@@ -926,12 +927,15 @@ bool Subchannel::PublishTransportLocked() {
   absl::StatusOr<RefCountedPtr<grpc_channel_stack>> stk = builder.Build();
   if (!stk.ok()) {
     auto error = absl_status_to_grpc_error(stk.status());
-    grpc_transport_destroy(connecting_result_.transport);
+    connecting_result_.Reset();
     gpr_log(GPR_ERROR,
             "subchannel %p %s: error initializing subchannel stack: %s", this,
             key_.ToString().c_str(), StatusToString(error).c_str());
     return false;
   }
+  // Release the ownership since it is now owned by the connected filter in the
+  // channel stack (published).
+  connecting_result_.transport = nullptr;
   RefCountedPtr<channelz::SocketNode> socket =
       std::move(connecting_result_.socket_node);
   connecting_result_.Reset();
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc
index fa4c16a46c3..d5fb27a9f6e 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/client/chttp2_connector.cc
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ void Chttp2Connector::OnHandshakeDone(void* arg, grpc_error_handle error) {
     } else if (args->endpoint != nullptr) {
       self->result_->transport =
           grpc_create_chttp2_transport(args->args, args->endpoint, true);
+      GPR_ASSERT(self->result_->transport != nullptr);
       self->result_->socket_node =
           grpc_chttp2_transport_get_socket_node(self->result_->transport);
       self->result_->channel_args = args->args;
-      GPR_ASSERT(self->result_->transport != nullptr);
       self->endpoint_ = args->endpoint;
       self->Ref().release();  // Ref held by OnReceiveSettings()
       GRPC_CLOSURE_INIT(&self->on_receive_settings_, OnReceiveSettings, self,
@@ -206,9 +206,6 @@ void Chttp2Connector::OnReceiveSettings(void* arg, grpc_error_handle error) {
                                             self->args_.interested_parties);
       if (!error.ok()) {
         // Transport got an error while waiting on SETTINGS frame.
-        // TODO(yashykt): The following two lines should be moved to
-        // SubchannelConnector::Result::Reset()
-        grpc_transport_destroy(self->result_->transport);
         self->result_->Reset();
       }
       self->MaybeNotify(error);
@@ -236,9 +233,6 @@ void Chttp2Connector::OnTimeout() {
     // The transport did not receive the settings frame in time. Destroy the
     // transport.
     grpc_endpoint_delete_from_pollset_set(endpoint_, args_.interested_parties);
-    // TODO(yashykt): The following two lines should be moved to
-    // SubchannelConnector::Result::Reset()
-    grpc_transport_destroy(result_->transport);
     result_->Reset();
     MaybeNotify(GRPC_ERROR_CREATE(
         "connection attempt timed out before receiving SETTINGS frame"));
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/testcase-6256752625319936 b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/testcase-6256752625319936
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d666cbec3ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus/testcase-6256752625319936
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+actions {
+  create_server {
+    channel_args {
+      key: "grpc.resource_quota"
+      str: "unix::67440737046,,Sac,,t49,Sa\n\000c,,t"
+    }
+  }
+}
+actions {
+  create_channel {
+    target: "unix::67440737046,,Sac,,t49,Sa\n\000c,,t"
+    channel_args {
+      key: "M"
+    }
+    channel_args {
+      key: "grpc.resource_quota"
+      resource_quota {
+      }
+    }
+    channel_actions {
+      wait_ms: 4096
+    }
+    channel_actions {
+      add_n_bytes_writable: 1024
+      add_n_bytes_readable: 1
+    }
+    channel_actions {
+      wait_ms: 1
+    }
+  }
+}
+actions {
+  create_call {
+    method {
+      value: "2"
+    }
+    host {
+      value: "1"
+    }
+    timeout: 1000000127
+  }
+}
+actions {
+  resize_resource_quota: 3881880
+}
+actions {
+  queue_batch {
+    operations {
+      send_initial_metadata {
+        metadata {
+          key {
+            value: "2"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+actions {
+  resize_resource_quota: 4294967294
+}
+actions {
+}
+actions {
+}
+actions {
+  resize_resource_quota: 3881880
+}
+actions {
+  request_call {
+  }
+}
+actions {
+}
+actions {
+  resize_resource_quota: 3881880
+}
+actions {
+}
+event_engine_actions {
+  tick_lengths {
+  }
+  tick_lengths {
+    delay_us: 5692549928996306944
+  }
+}