diff --git a/src/http_connection.cpp b/src/http_connection.cpp
index 2ffc0c2ab..701b2edbf 100644
--- a/src/http_connection.cpp
+++ b/src/http_connection.cpp
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ void http_connection::on_assign_bandwidth(asio::error_code const& e)
 	{
 		if (!m_bottled || !m_called)
 			m_handler(e, m_parser, 0, 0);
+		return;
 	}
 	m_limiter_timer_active = false;
 	if (e) return;