3 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCCall.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCCall.m
index 05a1d10f6d..eecda4c03a 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCCall.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/GRPCCall.m
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ NSString * const kGRPCTrailersKey = @"io.grpc.TrailersKey";
 
 @synthesize state = _state;
 
+// TODO(jcanizales): If grpc_init is idempotent, this should be changed from load to initialize.
++ (void)load {
+  grpc_init();
+}
+
 - (instancetype)init {
   return [self initWithHost:nil path:nil requestsWriter:nil];
 }
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCHost.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCHost.m
index 9cd9593d17..f8634b448e 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCHost.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCHost.m
@@ -217,8 +217,10 @@ static NSMutableDictionary *kHostCache;
   }
 
   if (_responseSizeLimitOverride) {
-    args[@GRPC_ARG_MAX_MESSAGE_LENGTH] = _responseSizeLimitOverride;
+    args[@GRPC_ARG_MAX_RECEIVE_MESSAGE_LENGTH] = _responseSizeLimitOverride;
   }
+  // Use 10000ms initial backoff time for correct behavior on bad/slow networks  
+  args[@GRPC_ARG_INITIAL_RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS] = @10000;
   return args;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCWrappedCall.m b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCWrappedCall.m
index 97f6b89340..1339429660 100644
--- a/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCWrappedCall.m
+++ b/src/objective-c/GRPCClient/private/GRPCWrappedCall.m
@@ -245,11 +245,6 @@
   }
 
   if (self = [super init]) {
-    static dispatch_once_t initialization;
-    dispatch_once(&initialization, ^{
-      grpc_init();
-    });
-
     // Each completion queue consumes one thread. There's a trade to be made between creating and
     // consuming too many threads and having contention of multiple calls in a single completion
     // queue. Currently we use a singleton queue.