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3 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channelz.cc b/src/core/lib/channel/channelz.cc
index df85b89ad0..9d6002ed8a 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channelz.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channelz.cc
@@ -98,11 +98,8 @@ grpc_json* ChannelNode::RenderJson() {
   if (trace != nullptr) {
     // we manually link up and fill the child since it was created for us in
     // ChannelTrace::RenderJson
+    trace->key = "trace";  // this object is named trace in channelz.proto
     json_iterator = grpc_json_link_child(json, trace, json_iterator);
-    trace->parent = json;
-    trace->value = nullptr;
-    trace->key = "trace";
-    trace->owns_value = false;
   }
   // reset the parent to be the data object.
   json = data;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channelz_registry.cc b/src/core/lib/channel/channelz_registry.cc
index 7ca3fc5836..738a56d7c6 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channelz_registry.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channelz_registry.cc
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ char* ChannelzRegistry::InternalGetTopChannels(intptr_t start_channel_id) {
       grpc_json* channel_json = top_level_channels[i]->RenderJson();
       json_iterator =
           grpc_json_link_child(array_parent, channel_json, json_iterator);
-      channel_json->parent = array_parent;
     }
   }
   // For now we do not have any pagination rules. In the future we could
diff --git a/src/core/lib/json/json.cc b/src/core/lib/json/json.cc
index 6d359573f8..e78b73cefd 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/json/json.cc
+++ b/src/core/lib/json/json.cc
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ void grpc_json_destroy(grpc_json* json) {
 
 grpc_json* grpc_json_link_child(grpc_json* parent, grpc_json* child,
                                 grpc_json* sibling) {
+  // link child up to parent
+  child->parent = parent;
   // first child case.
   if (parent->child == nullptr) {
     GPR_ASSERT(sibling == nullptr);
@@ -81,7 +83,6 @@ grpc_json* grpc_json_create_child(grpc_json* sibling, grpc_json* parent,
   grpc_json* child = grpc_json_create(type);
   grpc_json_link_child(parent, child, sibling);
   child->owns_value = owns_value;
-  child->parent = parent;
   child->value = value;
   child->key = key;
   return child;