diff --git a/processor.go b/processor.go
index 925b9c9..36664fb 100644
--- a/processor.go
+++ b/processor.go
@@ -193,64 +193,62 @@ func (p *processor) exec() {
 		lease := base.NewLease(leaseExpirationTime)
 		deadline := p.computeDeadline(msg)
 		p.starting <- &workerInfo{msg, time.Now(), deadline, lease}
-		go func() {
-			defer func() {
-				p.finished <- msg
-				<-p.sema // release token
-			}()
-
-			ctx, cancel := asynqcontext.New(p.baseCtxFn(), msg, deadline)
-			p.cancelations.Add(msg.ID, cancel)
-			defer func() {
-				cancel()
-				p.cancelations.Delete(msg.ID)
-			}()
-
-			// check context before starting a worker goroutine.
-			select {
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				// already canceled (e.g. deadline exceeded).
-				p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, ctx.Err())
-				return
-			default:
-			}
-
-			resCh := make(chan error, 1)
-			go func() {
-				task := newTask(
-					msg.Type,
-					msg.Payload,
-					&ResultWriter{
-						id:     msg.ID,
-						qname:  msg.Queue,
-						broker: p.broker,
-						ctx:    ctx,
-					},
-				)
-				resCh <- p.perform(ctx, task)
-			}()
-
-			select {
-			case <-p.abort:
-				// time is up, push the message back to queue and quit this worker goroutine.
-				p.logger.Warnf("Quitting worker. task id=%s", msg.ID)
-				p.requeue(lease, msg)
-				return
-			case <-lease.Done():
-				cancel()
-				p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, ErrLeaseExpired)
-				return
-			case <-ctx.Done():
-				p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, ctx.Err())
-				return
-			case resErr := <-resCh:
-				if resErr != nil {
-					p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, resErr)
-					return
-				}
-				p.handleSucceededMessage(lease, msg)
-			}
+		defer func() {
+			p.finished <- msg
+			<-p.sema // release token
 		}()
+
+		ctx, cancel := asynqcontext.New(p.baseCtxFn(), msg, deadline)
+		p.cancelations.Add(msg.ID, cancel)
+		defer func() {
+			cancel()
+			p.cancelations.Delete(msg.ID)
+		}()
+
+		// check context before starting a worker goroutine.
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			// already canceled (e.g. deadline exceeded).
+			p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, ctx.Err())
+			return
+		default:
+		}
+
+		resCh := make(chan error, 1)
+		go func() {
+			task := newTask(
+				msg.Type,
+				msg.Payload,
+				&ResultWriter{
+					id:     msg.ID,
+					qname:  msg.Queue,
+					broker: p.broker,
+					ctx:    ctx,
+				},
+			)
+			resCh <- p.perform(ctx, task)
+		}()
+
+		select {
+		case <-p.abort:
+			// time is up, push the message back to queue and quit this worker goroutine.
+			p.logger.Warnf("Quitting worker. task id=%s", msg.ID)
+			p.requeue(lease, msg)
+			return
+		case <-lease.Done():
+			cancel()
+			p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, ErrLeaseExpired)
+			return
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, ctx.Err())
+			return
+		case resErr := <-resCh:
+			if resErr != nil {
+				p.handleFailedMessage(ctx, lease, msg, resErr)
+				return
+			}
+			p.handleSucceededMessage(lease, msg)
+		}
 	}
 }