diff --git a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/handlers/ClientSendRequestHandler.java b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/handlers/ClientSendRequestHandler.java
index 25b68110c220eb..b66bb0e00aae02 100644
--- a/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/handlers/ClientSendRequestHandler.java
+++ b/independent-projects/resteasy-reactive/client/runtime/src/main/java/org/jboss/resteasy/reactive/client/handlers/ClientSendRequestHandler.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.LastHttpContent;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.multipart.InterfaceHttpData;
+import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Uni;
 import io.smallrye.stork.Stork;
 import io.smallrye.stork.api.ServiceInstance;
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ public Uni<HttpClientRequest> createRequest(RestClientRequestContext state) {
             try {
                 serviceInstance = Stork.getInstance()
                         .getService(serviceName)
-                        .selectInstanceAndRecordStart(true);
+                        .selectInstanceAndRecordStart(!Multi.class.equals(state.getResponseType().getRawType()));
             } catch (Throwable e) {
                 log.error("Error selecting service instance for serviceName: " + serviceName, e);
                 return Uni.createFrom().failure(e);