diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zone_deletion_on_client_disconnect_common.dart b/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zone_deletion_on_client_disconnect_common.dart
index 37aa67516d4..b9ff2db95b1 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zone_deletion_on_client_disconnect_common.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zone_deletion_on_client_disconnect_common.dart
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ void testeeMain() {
   debugger(); // LINE_A
 }
 
+Future checkZone(isolateId, client, idZone) async {
+  final result = await client.evaluateInFrame(
+    isolateId,
+    0,
+    'abcString',
+    idZoneId: idZone.id,
+  );
+  await client.callMethod('_collectAllGarbage', isolateId: isolateId);
+  await client.getObject(isolateId, result.id, idZoneId: idZone.id);
+}
+
 final idZoneDeletionOnDisconnectTests = <IsolateTest>[
   hasStoppedAtBreakpoint,
   stoppedAtLine(LINE_A),
@@ -38,12 +49,7 @@ final idZoneDeletionOnDisconnectTests = <IsolateTest>[
     );
 
     // Confirm that [idZone1] can be used.
-    await client1.evaluateInFrame(
-      isolateId,
-      0,
-      'abcString',
-      idZoneId: idZone1.id,
-    );
+    await checkZone(isolateId, client1, idZone1);
 
     final client2 = await vmServiceConnectUri(client1.wsUri!);
     final idZone2 = await client2.createIdZone(
@@ -53,35 +59,20 @@ final idZoneDeletionOnDisconnectTests = <IsolateTest>[
     );
 
     // Confirm that [idZone2] can be used.
-    await client2.evaluateInFrame(
-      isolateId,
-      0,
-      'abcString',
-      idZoneId: idZone2.id,
-    );
+    await checkZone(isolateId, client2, idZone2);
 
     // Disposing of [client2] should delete [idZone2];
     await client2.dispose();
 
     // Confirm that [idZone2] can be no longer be used.
     try {
-      await client1.evaluateInFrame(
-        isolateId,
-        0,
-        'abcString',
-        idZoneId: idZone2.id,
-      );
+      await checkZone(isolateId, client1, idZone2);
       fail('successfully used an ID zone that should have been deleted');
     } on RPCError catch (e) {
       expect(e.code, RPCErrorKind.kInvalidParams.code);
     }
 
     // Confirm that [idZone1] can still be used.
-    await client1.evaluateInFrame(
-      isolateId,
-      0,
-      'abcString',
-      idZoneId: idZone1.id,
-    );
+    await checkZone(isolateId, client1, idZone1);
   },
 ];
diff --git a/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zones_test.dart b/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zones_test.dart
index 74266c1e133..f2a1400ad27 100644
--- a/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zones_test.dart
+++ b/pkg/vm_service/test/id_zones_test.dart
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@ final tests = <IsolateTest>[
     final cObjectId2 = cInstanceRef2.id!;
     expect(cObjectId2, 'objects/1/1');
 
+    await service.callMethod('_collectAllGarbage', isolateId: isolateId);
+
     final cInstance2 = await service.getObject(isolateId, cObjectId2);
     expect(cInstance2.type, 'Instance');
 
@@ -188,6 +190,8 @@ final tests = <IsolateTest>[
       idZone3.id!,
     );
 
+    await service.callMethod('_collectAllGarbage', isolateId: isolateId);
+
     try {
       await service.getObject(isolateId, cObjectId1);
       fail('successfully retrieved object using expired ID');
@@ -223,6 +227,8 @@ final tests = <IsolateTest>[
       idZone4.id!,
     );
 
+    await service.callMethod('_collectAllGarbage', isolateId: isolateId);
+
     try {
       await service.evaluateInFrame(
         isolateId,
diff --git a/runtime/vm/isolate.cc b/runtime/vm/isolate.cc
index 496181c1916..8efe25fbe7e 100644
--- a/runtime/vm/isolate.cc
+++ b/runtime/vm/isolate.cc
@@ -3042,7 +3042,9 @@ void IsolateGroup::VisitSharedPointers(ObjectPointerVisitor* visitor,
       if (visitor->trace_object_id_rings()) {
         for (Isolate* isolate : isolates_) {
           for (intptr_t i = 0; i < isolate->NumServiceIdZones(); ++i) {
-            isolate->GetServiceIdZone(i)->VisitPointers(visitor);
+            if (auto ring = isolate->GetServiceIdZone(i)) {
+              ring->VisitPointers(visitor);
+            }
           }
         }
       }