diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/throttle/throttler.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/throttle/throttler.go
index 7c681c4b293..6558b052c9a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/throttle/throttler.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletserver/throttle/throttler.go
@@ -682,7 +682,7 @@ func (throttler *Throttler) Operate(ctx context.Context) {
 				{
 					// sparse
 					if throttler.IsOpen() {
-						go throttler.refreshMySQLInventory(ctx)
+						throttler.refreshMySQLInventory(ctx)
 					}
 				}
 			case probes := <-throttler.mysqlClusterProbesChan: