diff --git a/ntex-io/CHANGES.md b/ntex-io/CHANGES.md
index 7935965a..2a673f9e 100644
--- a/ntex-io/CHANGES.md
+++ b/ntex-io/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changes
 
+## [0.3.9] - 2023-11-21
+
+* Remove slow frame timer if service is not ready
+
 ## [0.3.8] - 2023-11-17
 
 * Remove useless logs
diff --git a/ntex-io/Cargo.toml b/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
index b12a0d07..763f2e3a 100644
--- a/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex-io/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "ntex-io"
-version = "0.3.8"
+version = "0.3.9"
 authors = ["ntex contributors <team@ntex.rs>"]
 description = "Utilities for encoding and decoding frames"
 keywords = ["network", "framework", "async", "futures"]
diff --git a/ntex-io/src/dispatcher.rs b/ntex-io/src/dispatcher.rs
index 776d5abb..a3a50e98 100644
--- a/ntex-io/src/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/ntex-io/src/dispatcher.rs
@@ -488,6 +488,13 @@ where
             // pause io read task
             Poll::Pending => {
                 log::trace!("service is not ready, register dispatch task");
+
+                // remove all timers
+                if self.flags.contains(Flags::READ_TIMEOUT) {
+                    self.flags.remove(Flags::READ_TIMEOUT);
+                    self.shared.io.stop_timer();
+                }
+
                 match ready!(self.shared.io.poll_read_pause(cx)) {
                     IoStatusUpdate::KeepAlive => {
                         log::trace!("keep-alive error, stopping dispatcher during pause");
diff --git a/ntex/Cargo.toml b/ntex/Cargo.toml
index a7909b0f..0d1eea45 100644
--- a/ntex/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ntex/Cargo.toml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ ntex-util = "0.3.4"
 ntex-bytes = "0.1.21"
 ntex-h2 = "0.4.4"
 ntex-rt = "0.4.10"
-ntex-io = "0.3.7"
+ntex-io = "0.3.9"
 ntex-tls = "0.3.2"
 ntex-tokio = { version = "0.3.1", optional = true }
 ntex-glommio = { version = "0.3.0", optional = true }