diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
index 4b25acf79565f..6771dcb6f218a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ public function __construct(CurlClientState $multi, $ch, array $options = null,
         // Schedule the request in a non-blocking way
         $multi->openHandles[$id] = [$ch, $options];
         curl_multi_add_handle($multi->handle, $ch);
-        self::perform($multi);
     }
 
     /**