diff --git a/app/notification_push.go b/app/notification_push.go
index 71ba57593f..5aa6cf0570 100644
--- a/app/notification_push.go
+++ b/app/notification_push.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 package app
 
 import (
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
 	"runtime"
 	"strings"
@@ -370,14 +372,18 @@ func (a *App) SendAckToPushProxy(ack *model.PushNotificationAck) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	resp, err := a.HTTPService().MakeClient(true).Do(request)
+	resp, err := a.Srv().pushNotificationClient.Do(request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+	// Reading the body to completion.
+	_, err = io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, resp.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	resp.Body.Close()
 	return nil
-
 }
 
 func (a *App) getMobileAppSessions(userId string) ([]*model.Session, *model.AppError) {