diff --git a/src/modules/http_async_client/http_async_client_mod.c b/src/modules/http_async_client/http_async_client_mod.c
index 7bfbb004c96..d0b99daecbc 100644
--- a/src/modules/http_async_client/http_async_client_mod.c
+++ b/src/modules/http_async_client/http_async_client_mod.c
@@ -275,6 +275,8 @@ static int mod_init(void)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	set_curl_mem_callbacks();
+
 	/* init faked sip msg */
 	if(faked_msg_init()<0) {
 		LM_ERR("failed to init faked sip msg\n");
diff --git a/src/modules/http_async_client/http_multi.c b/src/modules/http_async_client/http_multi.c
index b5c2e8d637d..9ed1b2dc926 100644
--- a/src/modules/http_async_client/http_multi.c
+++ b/src/modules/http_async_client/http_multi.c
@@ -385,7 +385,6 @@ void set_curl_mem_callbacks(void)
 			LM_ERR ("invalid memory manager: %d\n", curl_memory_manager);
 			break;
 	}
-
 }
 
 int init_http_multi(struct event_base *evbase, struct http_m_global *wg)
@@ -393,7 +392,6 @@ int init_http_multi(struct event_base *evbase, struct http_m_global *wg)
 	g = wg;
 	g->evbase = evbase;
 
-	set_curl_mem_callbacks();
 
 	g->multi = curl_multi_init();
 	LM_DBG("curl_multi %p initialized on global %p (evbase %p)\n", g->multi, g, evbase);