diff --git a/src/client/src/tscBulkWrite.c b/src/client/src/tscBulkWrite.c
index ad03072cc578f84003c9278bd28f897ff6ecf635..b723891500d4904702e539eb60651a3e1b5a813d 100644
--- a/src/client/src/tscBulkWrite.c
+++ b/src/client/src/tscBulkWrite.c
@@ -290,11 +290,8 @@ inline static void dispatcherSleepUntil(SAsyncBulkWriteDispatcher* dispatcher, s
   if (durationMillis(current, timeout) <= 0) {
     return;
   }
-  
-  if (pthread_mutex_timedlock(&dispatcher->mutex, &timeout)) {
-    return;
-  }
 
+  pthread_mutex_lock(&dispatcher->mutex);
   while (true) {
     // notified by dispatcherShutdown(...).
     if (atomic_load_8(&dispatcher->shutdown)) {