diff --git a/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts b/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts
index 800274f9..22c3363c 100644
--- a/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts
+++ b/packages/grpc-js/src/subchannel.ts
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ export class Subchannel {
       }
       this.backoffTimeout.unref();
       if (!this.keepaliveWithoutCalls) {
-        this.stopKeepalivePings();
+        clearInterval(this.keepaliveIntervalId);
       }
       this.checkBothRefcounts();
     }