diff --git a/src/mod_offline.erl b/src/mod_offline.erl
index 0c8c3f7a9..75f16f5bf 100644
--- a/src/mod_offline.erl
+++ b/src/mod_offline.erl
@@ -122,7 +122,6 @@ start(Host, Opts) ->
 
 stop(Host) ->
     Proc = gen_mod:get_module_proc(Host, ?PROCNAME),
-    catch ?GEN_SERVER:call(Proc, stop),
     supervisor:terminate_child(ejabberd_sup, Proc),
     supervisor:delete_child(ejabberd_sup, Proc),
     ok.