diff --git a/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc b/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc
index 3ba0133633..372337c493 100644
--- a/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc
+++ b/ext/src/http/client/curl/http_client_curl.cc
@@ -253,7 +253,9 @@ void HttpClient::CleanupSession(uint64_t session_id)
       }
       else if (session->IsSessionActive() && session->GetOperation())
       {
-        session->FinishOperation();
+        // If this session is alread waiting to be removed, just wakeup background thread to call
+        // doRemoveSessions()
+        wakeupBackgroundThread();
       }
     }
   }