diff --git a/proxy/http/Http1ClientTransaction.cc b/proxy/http/Http1ClientTransaction.cc
index 128b90d149e..3309063989b 100644
--- a/proxy/http/Http1ClientTransaction.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/Http1ClientTransaction.cc
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ Http1ClientTransaction::release()
   // Turn off reading until we are done with the SM
   // At that point the transaction/session with either be closed
   // or be put into keep alive state to wait from the next transaction
-  this->do_io_read(this, 0, nullptr);
+  this->do_io_read(this->_sm, 0, nullptr);
   _proxy_ssn->clear_session_active();
 }