diff --git a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_engine.cc b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_engine.cc
index 09c10810f2409..e1aeb718a9598 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_engine.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/event_engine/posix_engine/posix_engine.cc
@@ -769,7 +769,8 @@ absl::Status PosixEventEngine::HandlePreFork() {
   LOG(INFO) << "Suspended polling, stopping timer manager.";
   timer_manager_->PrepareFork();
   LOG(INFO) << "Suspended timer manager, stopping thread pool.";
-  executor_->Quiesce([]() {});
+  executor_->PrepareFork();
+  CHECK_OK(poller_manager_->Poller()->PrepareForkNew());
 #endif  // GRPC_PLATFORM_SUPPORTS_POSIX_POLLING
   return absl::OkStatus();
 }
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 15945201d0b1f..cffc0eab5b1bf 100644
--- a/test/core/event_engine/posix/posix_system_api_test.cc
+++ b/test/core/event_engine/posix/posix_system_api_test.cc
@@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ TEST(PosixSystemApiTest, FullStopBeforeFork) {
   channel = grpc::CreateChannel(target, grpc::InsecureChannelCredentials());
   stub = Greeter::NewStub(channel);
   status = CallSayHello(stub.get());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(status.ok());
+  status = CallSayHello(stub.get());
   EXPECT_TRUE(status.ok()) << status.error_message();
 }