diff --git a/src/brpc/details/health_check.cpp b/src/brpc/details/health_check.cpp
index dd45f1a2ea..cfd49104d6 100644
--- a/src/brpc/details/health_check.cpp
+++ b/src/brpc/details/health_check.cpp
@@ -183,7 +183,6 @@ bool HealthCheckTask::OnTriggeringTask(timespec* next_abstime) {
         _first_time = false;
         if (ptr->WaitAndReset(2/*note*/) != 0) {
             LOG(INFO) << "Cancel checking " << *ptr;
-            ptr->AfterHCCompleted();
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -210,11 +209,9 @@ bool HealthCheckTask::OnTriggeringTask(timespec* next_abstime) {
         if (!ptr->health_check_path().empty()) {
             HealthCheckManager::StartCheck(_id, ptr->_health_check_interval_s);
         }
-        ptr->AfterHCCompleted();
         return false;
     } else if (hc == ESTOP) {
         LOG(INFO) << "Cancel checking " << *ptr;
-        ptr->AfterHCCompleted();
         return false;
     } else {
         RPC_VLOG << "Fail to check " << *ptr
diff --git a/src/brpc/socket.cpp b/src/brpc/socket.cpp
index dc56281cf9..d0f60c7ee0 100644
--- a/src/brpc/socket.cpp
+++ b/src/brpc/socket.cpp
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ Socket::Socket(Forbidden f)
     , _correlation_id(0)
     , _health_check_interval_s(-1)
     , _is_hc_related_ref_held(false)
-    , _hc_started(false)
     , _ninprocess(1)
     , _auth_flag_error(0)
     , _auth_id(INVALID_BTHREAD_ID)
@@ -744,7 +743,6 @@ int Socket::OnCreated(const SocketOptions& options) {
     _health_check_interval_s = options.health_check_interval_s;
     _hc_option = options.hc_option;
     _is_hc_related_ref_held = false;
-    _hc_started.store(false, butil::memory_order_relaxed);
     _ninprocess.store(1, butil::memory_order_relaxed);
     _auth_flag_error.store(0, butil::memory_order_relaxed);
     const int rc2 = bthread_id_create(&_auth_id, NULL, NULL);
@@ -915,19 +913,9 @@ void Socket::OnFailed(int error_code, const std::string& error_text) {
     // by Channel to revive never-connected socket when server side
     // comes online.
     if (HCEnabled()) {
-        bool expect = false;
-        if (_hc_started.compare_exchange_strong(expect,
-            true,
-            butil::memory_order_relaxed,
-            butil::memory_order_relaxed)) {
-            GetOrNewSharedPart()->circuit_breaker.MarkAsBroken();
-            StartHealthCheck(id(),
-                GetOrNewSharedPart()->circuit_breaker.isolation_duration_ms());
-        } else {
-            // No need to run 2 health checking at the same time.
-            RPC_VLOG << "There is already a health checking running "
-                        "for SocketId=" << id();
-        }
+        GetOrNewSharedPart()->circuit_breaker.MarkAsBroken();
+        StartHealthCheck(id(),
+            GetOrNewSharedPart()->circuit_breaker.isolation_duration_ms());
     }
     // Wake up all threads waiting on EPOLLOUT when closing fd
     _epollout_butex->fetch_add(1, butil::memory_order_relaxed);
diff --git a/src/brpc/socket.h b/src/brpc/socket.h
index e94d612a58..03ad43f867 100644
--- a/src/brpc/socket.h
+++ b/src/brpc/socket.h
@@ -430,9 +430,6 @@ friend void DereferenceSocket(Socket*);
     // reference which is held on created.
     void ReleaseHCRelatedReference();
 
-    // After health checking is complete, set _hc_started to false.
-    void AfterHCCompleted() { _hc_started.store(false, butil::memory_order_relaxed); }
-
     // `user' parameter passed to Create().
     SocketUser* user() const { return _user; }
 
@@ -886,10 +883,6 @@ friend void DereferenceSocket(Socket*);
     // synchronized via _versioned_ref atomic variable.
     bool _is_hc_related_ref_held;
 
-    // Default: false.
-    // true, if health checking is started.
-    butil::atomic<bool> _hc_started;
-
     // +-1 bit-+---31 bit---+
     // |  flag |   counter  |
     // +-------+------------+