diff --git a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm
index 17c311d86d9c0c..2ed4a67c4e6bd7 100644
--- a/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm
+++ b/src/darwin/Framework/CHIP/MTRDevice.mm
@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ - (void)setDelegate:(id<MTRDeviceDelegate>)delegate queue:(dispatch_queue_t)queu
 - (void)invalidate
 {
     MTR_LOG_INFO("%@ invalidate", self);
+
+    [_asyncWorkQueue invalidate];
+
     os_unfair_lock_lock(&self->_lock);
 
     _weakDelegate = nil;