diff --git a/src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluetooth-device.c b/src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluetooth-device.c
index ac76a196c..81abcd6f1 100644
--- a/src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluetooth-device.c
+++ b/src/modules/bluetooth/module-bluetooth-device.c
@@ -1721,7 +1721,6 @@ static void thread_func(void *userdata) {
 fail:
     /* If this was no regular exit from the loop we have to continue processing messages until we receive PA_MESSAGE_SHUTDOWN */
     pa_log_debug("IO thread failed");
-    pa_asyncmsgq_post(u->thread_mq.outq, PA_MSGOBJECT(u->core), PA_CORE_MESSAGE_UNLOAD_MODULE, u->module, 0, NULL, NULL);
     pa_asyncmsgq_wait_for(u->thread_mq.inq, PA_MESSAGE_SHUTDOWN);
 
 finish: