diff --git a/src/workers.cc b/src/workers.cc
index 1756baad..d221a5f6 100644
--- a/src/workers.cc
+++ b/src/workers.cc
@@ -199,11 +199,6 @@ ProducerConnect::ProducerConnect(Nan::Callback *callback, Producer* producer):
 ProducerConnect::~ProducerConnect() {}
 
 void ProducerConnect::Execute() {
-  // Activate the dispatchers before the connection, as some callbacks may run
-  // on the background thread.
-  // We will deactivate them if the connection fails.
-  producer->ActivateDispatchers();
-
   Baton b = producer->Connect();
 
   if (b.err() != RdKafka::ERR_NO_ERROR) {
@@ -222,6 +217,9 @@ void ProducerConnect::HandleOKCallback() {
 
   v8::Local<v8::Value> argv[argc] = { Nan::Null(), obj};
 
+  // Activate the dispatchers
+  producer->ActivateDispatchers();
+
   callback->Call(argc, argv);
 }
 
@@ -558,11 +556,6 @@ KafkaConsumerConnect::KafkaConsumerConnect(Nan::Callback *callback,
 KafkaConsumerConnect::~KafkaConsumerConnect() {}
 
 void KafkaConsumerConnect::Execute() {
-  // Activate the dispatchers before the connection, as some callbacks may run
-  // on the background thread.
-  // We will deactivate them if the connection fails.
-  consumer->ActivateDispatchers();
-
   Baton b = consumer->Connect();
   // consumer->Wait();
 
@@ -582,6 +575,7 @@ void KafkaConsumerConnect::HandleOKCallback() {
     Nan::New(consumer->Name()).ToLocalChecked());
 
   v8::Local<v8::Value> argv[argc] = { Nan::Null(), obj };
+  consumer->ActivateDispatchers();
 
   callback->Call(argc, argv);
 }