diff --git a/crates/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs b/crates/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
index 369b69a0..a6e791b8 100644
--- a/crates/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
+++ b/crates/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
@@ -246,8 +246,6 @@ impl<T: 'static, ES: ErrorStrategy::T> ThreadsafeFunction<T, ES> {
       )
     })?;
 
-    check_status!(unsafe { sys::napi_acquire_threadsafe_function(raw_tsfn) })?;
-
     Ok(ThreadsafeFunction {
       handle: Arc::new(ThreadsafeFunctionHandle {
         raw: raw_tsfn,
diff --git a/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs b/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
index 546e870e..fc762e88 100644
--- a/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
+++ b/examples/napi/src/threadsafe_function.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@ use napi::{
 
 #[napi]
 pub fn call_threadsafe_function(callback: JsFunction) -> Result<()> {
-  let tsfn: ThreadsafeFunction<u32, ErrorStrategy::CalleeHandled> = callback
-    .create_threadsafe_function(0, |ctx| {
-      ctx.env.create_uint32(ctx.value + 1).map(|v| vec![v])
-    })?;
+  let tsfn: ThreadsafeFunction<u32, ErrorStrategy::CalleeHandled> =
+    callback.create_threadsafe_function(0, |ctx| Ok(vec![ctx.value + 1]))?;
   for n in 0..100 {
     let tsfn = tsfn.clone();
     thread::spawn(move || {
-      tsfn.call(Ok(n), ThreadsafeFunctionCallMode::Blocking);
+      tsfn.call(Ok(n), ThreadsafeFunctionCallMode::NonBlocking);
     });
   }
   Ok(())