diff --git a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
index f05a08637f2..755309ae409 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
@@ -1046,7 +1046,6 @@ async def read(self) -> bytes:
         elif self._released:  # Response explicitly released
             raise ClientConnectionError("Connection closed")
 
-        await self._wait_released()  # Underlying connection released
         return self._body
 
     def get_encoding(self) -> str: