diff --git a/rumqttc/src/v5/client.rs b/rumqttc/src/v5/client.rs
index 910da504f..e38f087fb 100644
--- a/rumqttc/src/v5/client.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/src/v5/client.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use super::{ConnectionError, Event, EventLoop, MqttOptions, Request};
 use crate::valid_topic;
 
 use bytes::Bytes;
-use flume::{SendError, Sender, TrySendError};
+use flume::{bounded, SendError, Sender, TrySendError};
 use futures_util::FutureExt;
 use tokio::runtime::{self, Runtime};
 use tokio::time::timeout;
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ impl AsyncClient {
     ///
     /// `cap` specifies the capacity of the bounded async channel.
     pub fn new(options: MqttOptions, cap: usize) -> (AsyncClient, EventLoop) {
-        let eventloop = EventLoop::new(options, cap);
-        let request_tx = eventloop.requests_tx.clone();
+        let (request_tx, request_rx) = bounded(cap);
+        let eventloop = EventLoop::new(options, request_rx);
 
         let client = AsyncClient { request_tx };
 
diff --git a/rumqttc/src/v5/eventloop.rs b/rumqttc/src/v5/eventloop.rs
index 36c10971d..d6ddb32ce 100644
--- a/rumqttc/src/v5/eventloop.rs
+++ b/rumqttc/src/v5/eventloop.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use super::{Incoming, MqttOptions, MqttState, Outgoing, Request, StateError, Tra
 use crate::eventloop::socket_connect;
 use crate::framed::N;
 
-use flume::{bounded, Receiver, Sender};
+use flume::Receiver;
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::time::{self, error::Elapsed, Instant, Sleep};
 
@@ -74,9 +74,7 @@ pub struct EventLoop {
     /// Current state of the connection
     pub state: MqttState,
     /// Request stream
-    requests_rx: Receiver<Request>,
-    /// Requests handle to send requests
-    pub(crate) requests_tx: Sender<Request>,
+    request_rx: Receiver<Request>,
     /// Pending packets from last session
     pub pending: VecDeque<Request>,
     /// Network connection to the broker
@@ -97,8 +95,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
     ///
     /// When connection encounters critical errors (like auth failure), user has a choice to
     /// access and update `options`, `state` and `requests`.
-    pub fn new(options: MqttOptions, cap: usize) -> EventLoop {
-        let (requests_tx, requests_rx) = bounded(cap);
+    pub fn new(options: MqttOptions, request_rx: Receiver<Request>) -> EventLoop {
         let pending = VecDeque::new();
         let inflight_limit = options.outgoing_inflight_upper_limit.unwrap_or(u16::MAX);
         let manual_acks = options.manual_acks;
@@ -106,8 +103,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
         EventLoop {
             options,
             state: MqttState::new(inflight_limit, manual_acks),
-            requests_tx,
-            requests_rx,
+            request_rx,
             pending,
             network: None,
             keepalive_timeout: None,
@@ -127,7 +123,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
         self.pending.extend(self.state.clean());
 
         // drain requests from channel which weren't yet received
-        let requests_in_channel = self.requests_rx.drain();
+        let requests_in_channel = self.request_rx.drain();
         self.pending.extend(requests_in_channel);
     }
 
@@ -206,7 +202,7 @@ impl EventLoop {
             // outgoing requests (along with 1b).
             o = Self::next_request(
                 &mut self.pending,
-                &self.requests_rx,
+                &self.request_rx,
                 self.options.pending_throttle
             ), if !self.pending.is_empty() || (!inflight_full && !collision) => match o {
                 Ok(request) => {