diff --git a/changes/bug14224 b/changes/bug14224
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0608940449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/bug14224
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor Bugfix
+    - Close the intro circuit once we don't have any more usable intro
+      points instead of making it timeout at some point. This also make sure
+      no extra HS descriptor fetch is triggered.
diff --git a/src/or/rendclient.c b/src/or/rendclient.c
index 1353ee38d5..31e220aca2 100644
--- a/src/or/rendclient.c
+++ b/src/or/rendclient.c
@@ -469,8 +469,11 @@ rend_client_introduction_acked(origin_circuit_t *circ,
        * too? */
       return result;
     } else {
-      /* Close circuit because no more intro points are usable thus this
-       * circuit is not useful anymore. */
+      /* Close circuit because no more intro points are usable thus not
+       * useful anymore. Change it's purpose before so we don't report an
+       * intro point failure again triggering an extra descriptor fetch. */
+      circuit_change_purpose(TO_CIRCUIT(circ),
+          CIRCUIT_PURPOSE_C_INTRODUCE_ACKED);
       circuit_mark_for_close(TO_CIRCUIT(circ), END_CIRC_REASON_FINISHED);
     }
   }