diff --git a/extensions/smallrye-health/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/runtime/QuarkusAsyncHealthCheckFactory.java b/extensions/smallrye-health/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/runtime/QuarkusAsyncHealthCheckFactory.java
index 40ac4774701c7..de343b4f38b85 100644
--- a/extensions/smallrye-health/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/runtime/QuarkusAsyncHealthCheckFactory.java
+++ b/extensions/smallrye-health/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/smallrye/health/runtime/QuarkusAsyncHealthCheckFactory.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ public QuarkusAsyncHealthCheckFactory(Vertx vertx) {
     public Uni<HealthCheckResponse> callSync(HealthCheck healthCheck) {
         Uni<HealthCheckResponse> healthCheckResponseUni = super.callSync(healthCheck);
         return BlockingOperationControl.isBlockingAllowed() ? healthCheckResponseUni
-                : healthCheckResponseUni.runSubscriptionOn(MutinyHelper.blockingExecutor(vertx));
+                : healthCheckResponseUni.runSubscriptionOn(MutinyHelper.blockingExecutor(vertx, false));
     }
 
     @Override