diff --git a/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/util/ServerUtil.java b/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/util/ServerUtil.java
index a953161d94..157ea5268b 100644
--- a/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/util/ServerUtil.java
+++ b/artemis-cli/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/artemis/util/ServerUtil.java
@@ -135,8 +135,7 @@ public class ServerUtil {
    public static boolean waitForServerToStart(String uri, String username, String password, long timeout) throws InterruptedException {
       long realTimeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + timeout;
       while (System.currentTimeMillis() < realTimeout) {
-         try (ActiveMQConnectionFactory cf = ActiveMQJMSClient.createConnectionFactory(uri, null)) {
-            cf.createConnection(username, password).close();
+         try (ActiveMQConnectionFactory cf = ActiveMQJMSClient.createConnectionFactory(uri, null); Connection c = cf.createConnection(username, password)) {
             System.out.println("server " + uri + " started");
          } catch (Exception e) {
             System.out.println("awaiting server " + uri + " start at ");