diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
index bbd159f5a4..6507c386f1 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Components/Watchdog/Watchdog.cs
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Components.Watchdog
 
 						if (startMonitor)
 						{
-							await StopMonitor().ConfigureAwait(false);
 							monitorCts = new CancellationTokenSource();
 							monitorTask = MonitorLifetimes(monitorCts.Token);
 						}