diff --git a/src/protocols/secure_channel/CASESession.cpp b/src/protocols/secure_channel/CASESession.cpp
index ca15c021416f75..50afc4383ff9c1 100644
--- a/src/protocols/secure_channel/CASESession.cpp
+++ b/src/protocols/secure_channel/CASESession.cpp
@@ -137,8 +137,6 @@ void CASESession::Clear()
     mState = State::kInitialized;
     Crypto::ClearSecretData(mIPK);
 
-    AbortExchange();
-
     mLocalNodeId = kUndefinedNodeId;
     mPeerNodeId  = kUndefinedNodeId;
     mFabricInfo  = nullptr;
diff --git a/src/protocols/secure_channel/PASESession.cpp b/src/protocols/secure_channel/PASESession.cpp
index 942fb065312f17..790fd5c530f83c 100644
--- a/src/protocols/secure_channel/PASESession.cpp
+++ b/src/protocols/secure_channel/PASESession.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ void PASESession::Clear()
     mKeLen           = sizeof(mKe);
     mPairingComplete = false;
     PairingSession::Clear();
-    CloseExchange();
 }
 
 CHIP_ERROR PASESession::Init(SessionManager & sessionManager, uint32_t setupCode, SessionEstablishmentDelegate * delegate)
diff --git a/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.cpp b/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.cpp
index 51011bd2dcf3e8..f93b79e81989b1 100644
--- a/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.cpp
+++ b/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.cpp
@@ -75,28 +75,6 @@ void PairingSession::Finish()
     }
 }
 
-void PairingSession::AbortExchange()
-{
-    if (mExchangeCtxt != nullptr)
-    {
-        // The only time we reach this is if we are getting destroyed in the
-        // middle of our handshake.  In that case, there is no point trying to
-        // do MRP resends of the last message we sent, so abort the exchange
-        // instead of just closing it.
-        mExchangeCtxt->Abort();
-        mExchangeCtxt = nullptr;
-    }
-}
-
-void PairingSession::CloseExchange()
-{
-    if (mExchangeCtxt != nullptr)
-    {
-        mExchangeCtxt->Close();
-        mExchangeCtxt = nullptr;
-    }
-}
-
 void PairingSession::DiscardExchange()
 {
     if (mExchangeCtxt != nullptr)
@@ -162,6 +140,19 @@ CHIP_ERROR PairingSession::DecodeMRPParametersIfPresent(TLV::Tag expectedTag, TL
 
 void PairingSession::Clear()
 {
+    // Clear acts like the destructor if PairingSession, if it is call during
+    // middle of a pairing, means we should terminate the exchange. For normal
+    // path, the exchange should already be discarded before calling Clear.
+    if (mExchangeCtxt != nullptr)
+    {
+        // The only time we reach this is if we are getting destroyed in the
+        // middle of our handshake.  In that case, there is no point trying to
+        // do MRP resends of the last message we sent, so abort the exchange
+        // instead of just closing it.
+        mExchangeCtxt->Abort();
+        mExchangeCtxt = nullptr;
+    }
+
     if (mSessionManager != nullptr)
     {
         if (mSecureSessionHolder && !mSecureSessionHolder->AsSecureSession()->IsActiveSession())
diff --git a/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.h b/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.h
index 5aaa9f7ddb9785..de75684384f71d 100644
--- a/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.h
+++ b/src/protocols/secure_channel/PairingSession.h
@@ -98,9 +98,7 @@ class DLL_EXPORT PairingSession
 
     void Finish();
 
-    void AbortExchange();
-    void CloseExchange();
-    void DiscardExchange();
+    void DiscardExchange(); // Clear our reference to our exchange context pointer so that it can close itself at some later time.
 
     void SetPeerSessionId(uint16_t id) { mPeerSessionId.SetValue(id); }
     virtual void OnSuccessStatusReport() {}