diff --git a/adal/src/telemetry/java/com/microsoft/aad/adal/Telemetry.java b/adal/src/telemetry/java/com/microsoft/aad/adal/Telemetry.java
index 61be73802..90a5e8083 100644
--- a/adal/src/telemetry/java/com/microsoft/aad/adal/Telemetry.java
+++ b/adal/src/telemetry/java/com/microsoft/aad/adal/Telemetry.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ void stopEvent(final String requestId, final IEvents events, final String eventN
             return;
         }
 
-        final String startTime = mEventTracking.get(new Pair<>(requestId, eventName));
+        final String startTime = mEventTracking.remove(new Pair<>(requestId, eventName));
 
         // If we did not get anything back from the dictionary, most likely its a bug that stopEvent was called without
         // a corresponding startEvent