diff --git a/router/src/infer/mod.rs b/router/src/infer/mod.rs
index db9070d4..675671b8 100644
--- a/router/src/infer/mod.rs
+++ b/router/src/infer/mod.rs
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ impl Infer {
         let use_top_tokens = request.parameters.top_n_tokens.is_some_and(|x| x > 0);
 
         // Create stream and keep semaphore permit as long as generate lives
-        let (_permit, _input_length, mut stream) = self.generate_stream(request).await?;
+        let (_input_length, mut stream) = self.generate_stream(request).await?;
 
         // Return values
         let mut result_prefill = Vec::new();
@@ -462,7 +462,6 @@ impl ToolGrammar {
 
 /// Type alias for generation responses
 pub(crate) type GenerateStreamResponse = (
-    OwnedSemaphorePermit,
     u32, // input_length
     UnboundedReceiverStream<Result<InferStreamResponse, InferError>>,
 );
diff --git a/router/src/infer/v2/queue.rs b/router/src/infer/v2/queue.rs
index 0b51645a..bf035c5f 100644
--- a/router/src/infer/v2/queue.rs
+++ b/router/src/infer/v2/queue.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use text_generation_client::v2::{
     Batch, GrammarType, NextTokenChooserParameters, Request, StoppingCriteriaParameters,
 };
 use text_generation_client::ChunksToString;
-use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot, OwnedSemaphorePermit};
 use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tracing::{info_span, instrument, Span};
 
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ use tracing::{info_span, instrument, Span};
 pub(crate) struct Entry {
     /// Request
     pub request: ValidGenerateRequest,
+    /// Permit
+    pub permit: Option<OwnedSemaphorePermit>,
     /// Response sender to communicate between the Infer struct and the batching_task
     pub response_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Result<InferStreamResponse, InferError>>,
     /// Span that will live as long as entry
@@ -269,6 +271,9 @@ impl State {
                 break;
             }
 
+            // Drop permit
+            entry.permit = None;
+
             tracing::debug!("Accepting entry");
             // Create a new span to link the batch back to this entry
             let entry_batch_span = info_span!(parent: &entry.span, "infer");
diff --git a/router/src/infer/v2/scheduler.rs b/router/src/infer/v2/scheduler.rs
index 97379bc5..ec7e35e8 100644
--- a/router/src/infer/v2/scheduler.rs
+++ b/router/src/infer/v2/scheduler.rs
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ impl Scheduler for SchedulerV2 {
         self.queue.append(Entry {
             request,
             response_tx,
+            permit: Some(permit),
             span: Span::current(),
             temp_span: None,
             queue_time: Instant::now(),
@@ -95,11 +96,7 @@ impl Scheduler for SchedulerV2 {
         self.batching_task_notifier.notify_one();
 
         // Return stream
-        Ok((
-            permit,
-            input_length,
-            UnboundedReceiverStream::new(response_rx),
-        ))
+        Ok((input_length, UnboundedReceiverStream::new(response_rx)))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/router/src/infer/v3/queue.rs b/router/src/infer/v3/queue.rs
index 894d9cab..1805d9ae 100644
--- a/router/src/infer/v3/queue.rs
+++ b/router/src/infer/v3/queue.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use text_generation_client::v3::{
 };
 use text_generation_client::ChunksToString;
 use text_generation_client::Input;
-use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
+use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot, OwnedSemaphorePermit};
 use tokio::time::Instant;
 use tracing::{info_span, instrument, Instrument, Span};
 
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ use tracing::{info_span, instrument, Instrument, Span};
 pub(crate) struct Entry {
     /// Request
     pub request: ValidGenerateRequest,
+    /// Permit
+    pub permit: Option<OwnedSemaphorePermit>,
     /// Response sender to communicate between the Infer struct and the batching_task
     pub response_tx: mpsc::UnboundedSender<Result<InferStreamResponse, InferError>>,
     /// Span that will live as long as entry
@@ -315,6 +317,9 @@ impl State {
                 }
             };
 
+            // Drop permit
+            entry.permit = None;
+
             tracing::debug!("Accepting entry");
             // Create a new span to link the batch back to this entry
             let entry_batch_span = info_span!(parent: &entry.span, "infer");
diff --git a/router/src/infer/v3/scheduler.rs b/router/src/infer/v3/scheduler.rs
index 26cd9584..639c89d8 100644
--- a/router/src/infer/v3/scheduler.rs
+++ b/router/src/infer/v3/scheduler.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ impl Scheduler for SchedulerV3 {
         self.queue.append(Entry {
             request,
             response_tx,
+            permit: Some(permit),
             span: Span::current(),
             temp_span: None,
             queue_time: Instant::now(),
@@ -101,11 +102,7 @@ impl Scheduler for SchedulerV3 {
         self.batching_task_notifier.notify_one();
 
         // Return stream
-        Ok((
-            permit,
-            input_length,
-            UnboundedReceiverStream::new(response_rx),
-        ))
+        Ok((input_length, UnboundedReceiverStream::new(response_rx)))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/router/src/server.rs b/router/src/server.rs
index c56c39a3..44e86a87 100644
--- a/router/src/server.rs
+++ b/router/src/server.rs
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ async fn generate_stream_internal(
         } else {
             match infer.generate_stream(req).instrument(info_span!(parent: &span, "async_stream")).await {
                 // Keep permit as long as generate_stream lives
-                Ok((_permit, _input_length, mut response_stream)) => {
+                Ok((_input_length, mut response_stream)) => {
                     let mut index = 0;
                     // Server-Sent Event stream
                     while let Some(response) = response_stream.next().await {