diff --git a/core/async.c b/core/async.c
index 5cf9ac3f..85426a08 100644
--- a/core/async.c
+++ b/core/async.c
@@ -405,6 +405,7 @@ void async_loop() {
 
 				// put the request in the runqueue again
 				runqueue_push(uwsgi.wsgi_req);
+				break;
 			}
 		}