diff --git a/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm b/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
index fd82e53..e12b62a 100644
--- a/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
+++ b/PVE/API2/Storage/Status.pm
@@ -498,14 +498,7 @@ __PACKAGE__->register_method ({
 	    print "finished file import successfully\n";
 	};
 
-	my $upid = $rpcenv->fork_worker('imgcopy', undef, $user, $worker);
-
-	# apache removes the temporary file on return, so we need
-	# to wait here to make sure the worker process starts and
-	# opens the file before it gets removed.
-	sleep(1);
-
-	return $upid;
+	return $rpcenv->fork_worker('imgcopy', undef, $user, $worker);
    }});
 
 __PACKAGE__->register_method({