diff --git a/requester/handler.hpp b/requester/handler.hpp
index 3677243..723623b 100644
--- a/requester/handler.hpp
+++ b/requester/handler.hpp
@@ -398,14 +398,6 @@
             /* try to send new request if the endpoint is free */
             pollEndpointQueue(eid);
         }
-        else
-        {
-            // Got a response for a PLDM request message not registered with the
-            // request handler, so freeing up the instance ID, this can be other
-            // OpenBMC applications relying on PLDM D-Bus apis like
-            // openpower-occ-control and softoff
-            instanceIdDb.free(key.eid, key.instanceId);
-        }
     }
 
     /** @brief Wrap registerRequest with coroutine API.