diff --git a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_endpoint.h b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_endpoint.h
index 3ccc0e5f55d9f..c04c46c1cd299 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_endpoint.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_endpoint.h
@@ -656,16 +656,16 @@ class PosixEndpoint : public PosixEndpointWithFdSupport {
       impl_->MaybeShutdown(absl::FailedPreconditionError("Endpoint closing"),
                            [on_release = std::move(on_release_fd),
                             poller](absl::StatusOr<FileDescriptor> fd) mutable {
-                             if (fd.ok()) {
-                               auto locked_fd =
-                                   poller->GetSystemApi()->Lock(*fd);
-                               if (!locked_fd.ok()) {
-                                 on_release(std::move(locked_fd).status());
-                               }
-                               on_release(locked_fd->fd());
-                             } else {
+                             if (!fd.ok()) {
                                on_release(std::move(fd).status());
+                               return;
                              }
+                             auto locked_fd = poller->GetSystemApi()->Lock(*fd);
+                             if (!locked_fd.ok()) {
+                               on_release(std::move(locked_fd).status());
+                               return;
+                             }
+                             on_release(locked_fd->fd());
                            });
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc
index a26813b7ab951..0da16aede9bf0 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_system_api.cc
@@ -63,17 +63,21 @@ namespace {
 class LocksState {
  public:
   void Lock(const SystemApi* system_api, int fd) {
+#ifdef GPR_ABSEIL_SYNC
     if (++counters_[system_api] == 1) {
       system_api->ReaderLock();
     }
     LOG_EVERY_N(INFO, 10) << "Locks: " << counters_[system_api];
+#endif
   }
 
   void Unlock(const SystemApi* system_api, int fd) {
+#ifdef GPR_ABSEIL_SYNC
     CHECK_GE(counters_[system_api], 0);
     if (--counters_[system_api] == 0) {
       system_api->ReaderUnlock();
     }
+#endif
   }
 
  private:
diff --git a/test/core/event_engine/posix/posix_system_api_test.cc b/test/core/event_engine/posix/posix_system_api_test.cc
index 73b8f32919051..6be5dff6969ec 100644
--- a/test/core/event_engine/posix/posix_system_api_test.cc
+++ b/test/core/event_engine/posix/posix_system_api_test.cc
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ TEST(PosixSystemApiTest, PosixLevel) {
               ::testing::ElementsAreArray(buf));
 }
 
-TEST(PosixSystemApiTest, DISABLED_Incomplete_EventEndpointLevel) {
+TEST(PosixSystemApiTest, DISABLED_IncompleteEventEndpointLevel) {
   std::string target_addr = absl::StrCat(
       "ipv6:[::1]:", std::to_string(grpc_pick_unused_port_or_die()));
   auto address = URIToResolvedAddress(target_addr);