diff --git a/light/lightchain.go b/light/lightchain.go
index 03c7c1f0d0..0d97ce1a23 100644
--- a/light/lightchain.go
+++ b/light/lightchain.go
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ func (self *LightChain) InsertHeaderChain(chain []*types.Header, checkFreq int)
 		return err
 	}
 	i, err := self.hc.InsertHeaderChain(chain, whFunc, start)
-	go self.postChainEvents(events)
+	self.postChainEvents(events)
 	return i, err
 }