diff --git a/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c b/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
index 36dcd5eb..3b30463e 100644
--- a/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
+++ b/plugins/corerouter/corerouter.c
@@ -559,15 +559,14 @@ struct corerouter_session *corerouter_alloc_session(struct uwsgi_corerouter *ucr
 	// set initial timeout
         peer->timeout = cr_add_timeout(ucr, ucr->cr_table[new_connection]);
 
+	ucr->active_sessions++;
+
 	// here we prepare the real session and set the hooks
 	if (ucr->alloc_session(ucr, ugs, cs, cr_addr, cr_addr_len)) {
-		uwsgi_cr_peer_del(cs->main_peer);
-		free(cs);
+		corerouter_close_session(ucr, cs);
 		cs = NULL;
 	}
 
-	ucr->active_sessions++;
-
 	return cs;
 }