diff --git a/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2.java b/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2.java
index 62f2b49249d..6ecceb6f3ec 100644
--- a/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2.java
+++ b/xds/src/main/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2.java
@@ -133,6 +133,9 @@ private void start() {
 
     private void shutdown() {
       root.shutdown();
+      if (childLb != null) {
+        childLb.shutdown();
+      }
     }
 
     private void handleClusterDiscovered() {
diff --git a/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2Test.java b/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2Test.java
index 8957a4e5df8..965bef91d80 100644
--- a/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2Test.java
+++ b/xds/src/test/java/io/grpc/xds/CdsLoadBalancer2Test.java
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ public void tearDown() {
     loadBalancer.shutdown();
     assertThat(xdsClient.watchers).isEmpty();
     assertThat(xdsClientRefs).isEqualTo(0);
+    assertThat(childBalancers).isEmpty();
   }
 
   @Test