diff --git a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
index 0df58c5f873d88..a4967b854c5e68 100644
--- a/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
+++ b/Lib/asyncio/base_events.py
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ def run_until_complete(self, future):
                 # local task.
                 future.exception()
             raise
-        future.remove_done_callback(_run_until_complete_cb)
+        finally:
+            future.remove_done_callback(_run_until_complete_cb)
         if not future.done():
             raise RuntimeError('Event loop stopped before Future completed.')