diff --git a/hello_world.py b/hello_world.py
index a1c5b18d..a5119194 100644
--- a/hello_world.py
+++ b/hello_world.py
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import uwsgi
+if uwsgi.loop == 'gevent':
+    import gevent
+
 print uwsgi.version
 print uwsgi.workers()
 uwsgi.cache_set('foo', "Hello World from cache")
 def application(env, start_response):
     start_response('200 OK', [('Content-Type', 'text/html')])
     yield "foobar<br/>"
+    if uwsgi.loop == 'gevent':
+        gevent.sleep(10)
     yield str(env['wsgi.input'].fileno())
     yield "<h1>Hello World</h1>"
     yield uwsgi.cache_get('foo')
diff --git a/plugins/gevent/gevent.c b/plugins/gevent/gevent.c
index 08e26f35..6c58b513 100644
--- a/plugins/gevent/gevent.c
+++ b/plugins/gevent/gevent.c
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_gevent_main(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 
 	// accept the connection
 	if (wsgi_req_simple_accept(wsgi_req, uwsgi.sockets->fd)) {
-		uwsgi_close_request(wsgi_req);
 		free_req_queue;
 		goto clear;
 	}