diff --git a/interop/src/cpp/common-interop.cc b/interop/src/cpp/common-interop.cc
index 6a7160f65b0510a55347e9534ee44b8462511607..ff493c06e856deb8297be41c5011d2c88657ff0b 100644
--- a/interop/src/cpp/common-interop.cc
+++ b/interop/src/cpp/common-interop.cc
@@ -379,7 +379,6 @@ KOALA_INTEROP_V1(NativeLog, KStringPtr)
 
 void resolveDeferred(KVMDeferred* deferred, uint8_t* argsData, int32_t argsLength) {
 #ifdef KOALA_NAPI
-    napi_acquire_threadsafe_function((napi_threadsafe_function)deferred->handler);
     auto status = napi_call_threadsafe_function((napi_threadsafe_function)deferred->handler, deferred, napi_tsfn_nonblocking);
     if (status != napi_ok) LOGE("cannot call thread-safe function; status=%d", status);
     napi_release_threadsafe_function((napi_threadsafe_function)deferred->handler, napi_tsfn_release);