diff --git a/homeassistant/components/mjpeg/camera.py b/homeassistant/components/mjpeg/camera.py
index c42901cd6c5a6b..1a8b132709360c 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/mjpeg/camera.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/mjpeg/camera.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ async def async_camera_image(self):
             self._authentication == HTTP_DIGEST_AUTHENTICATION
             or self._still_image_url is None
         ):
-            image = await self.hass.async_add_job(self.camera_image)
+            image = await self.hass.async_add_executor_job(self.camera_image)
             return image
 
         websession = async_get_clientsession(self.hass, verify_ssl=self._verify_ssl)