diff --git a/changelog.d/gun_pool3.skip b/changelog.d/gun_pool3.skip
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/gun/connection_pool/worker_supervisor.ex b/lib/pleroma/gun/connection_pool/worker_supervisor.ex
index edaffcc25..eb83962d8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/gun/connection_pool/worker_supervisor.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/gun/connection_pool/worker_supervisor.ex
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Gun.ConnectionPool.WorkerSupervisor do
     )
   end
 
-  def start_worker(opts, retry \\ false) do
+  def start_worker(opts, last_attempt \\ false) do
     case DynamicSupervisor.start_child(__MODULE__, {Pleroma.Gun.ConnectionPool.Worker, opts}) do
       {:error, :max_children} ->
-        funs = [fn -> retry end, fn -> match?(:error, free_pool()) end]
+        funs = [fn -> last_attempt end, fn -> match?(:error, free_pool()) end]
 
         if Enum.any?(funs, fn fun -> fun.() end) do
           :telemetry.execute([:pleroma, :connection_pool, :provision_failure], %{opts: opts})