diff --git a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonRemoteService.java b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonRemoteService.java
index f8f5c7557..21fea8e0a 100644
--- a/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonRemoteService.java
+++ b/redisson/src/main/java/org/redisson/RedissonRemoteService.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
@@ -44,10 +45,10 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
     public static class Entry {
         
         RFuture<String> future;
-        final AtomicInteger counter;
+        final AtomicInteger freeWorkers;
         
         public Entry(int workers) {
-            counter = new AtomicInteger(workers);
+            freeWorkers = new AtomicInteger(workers);
         }
         
         public void setFuture(RFuture<String> future) {
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
             return future;
         }
         
-        public AtomicInteger getCounter() {
-            return counter;
+        public AtomicInteger getFreeWorkers() {
+            return freeWorkers;
         }
         
     }
@@ -137,7 +138,7 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
         if (entry == null) {
             return 0;
         }
-        return entry.getCounter().get();
+        return entry.getFreeWorkers().get();
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
             return;
         }
 
-        log.debug("subscribe: {}, entry counter: {}", remoteInterface, entry.getCounter());
+        log.debug("subscribe: {}, free workers: {}", remoteInterface, entry.getFreeWorkers());
 
         RFuture<String> take = requestQueue.pollAsync(60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
         entry.setFuture(take);
@@ -258,15 +259,12 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
                     return;
                 }
 
-                // do not subscribe now, see
-                // https://github.com/mrniko/redisson/issues/493
-                // subscribe(remoteInterface, requestQueue);
-                
-                if (entry.getCounter().get() == 0) {
+                if (entry.getFreeWorkers().get() == 0) {
                     return;
                 }
-                
-                if (entry.getCounter().decrementAndGet() > 0) {
+
+                int freeWorkers = entry.getFreeWorkers().decrementAndGet();
+                if (freeWorkers > 0 && requestId != null) {
                     subscribe(remoteInterface, requestQueue, executor, bean);
                 }
 
@@ -416,6 +414,7 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
                 if (request.getOptions().getExecutionTimeoutInMillis() != null) {
                     timeout = request.getOptions().getExecutionTimeoutInMillis();
                 }
+                long tt = timeout;
 
                 RBlockingQueueAsync<RRemoteServiceResponse> queue = getBlockingQueue(responseName, codec);
                 try {
@@ -427,8 +426,9 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
                     } else {
                         response = result;
                     }
-                    RFuture<Void> clientsFuture = queue.putAsync(response);
-                    queue.expireAsync(timeout, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
+
+                    CompletionStage<?> clientsFuture = queue.putAsync(response)
+                            .thenCompose(s -> queue.expireAsync(Duration.ofMillis(tt)));
 
                     clientsFuture.whenComplete((res, exc) -> {
                         if (exc != null) {
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ public class RedissonRemoteService extends BaseRemoteService implements RRemoteS
 
         log.debug("resubscribe: {}, queue: {}", remoteInterface, requestQueue.getName());
 
-        if (entry != null && entry.getCounter().getAndIncrement() == 0) {
+        if (entry != null && entry.getFreeWorkers().getAndIncrement() == 0) {
             // re-subscribe anyways after the method invocation
             subscribe(remoteInterface, requestQueue, executor, bean);
         }