diff --git a/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go b/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
index 0ef8aaa34..2f7c8c927 100644
--- a/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
+++ b/backend/azureblob/azureblob.go
@@ -2757,6 +2757,8 @@ func (o *Object) clearUncommittedBlocks(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 		blockList    blockblob.GetBlockListResponse
 		properties   *blob.GetPropertiesResponse
 		options      *blockblob.CommitBlockListOptions
+		// Use temporary pacer as this can be called recursively which can cause a deadlock with --max-connections
+		pacer = fs.NewPacer(ctx, pacer.NewS3(pacer.MinSleep(minSleep), pacer.MaxSleep(maxSleep), pacer.DecayConstant(decayConstant)))
 	)
 
 	properties, err = o.readMetaDataAlways(ctx)
@@ -2768,7 +2770,7 @@ func (o *Object) clearUncommittedBlocks(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 
 	if objectExists {
 		// Get the committed block list
-		err = o.fs.pacer.Call(func() (bool, error) {
+		err = pacer.Call(func() (bool, error) {
 			blockList, err = blockBlobSVC.GetBlockList(ctx, blockblob.BlockListTypeAll, nil)
 			return o.fs.shouldRetry(ctx, err)
 		})
@@ -2810,7 +2812,7 @@ func (o *Object) clearUncommittedBlocks(ctx context.Context) (err error) {
 
 	// Commit only the committed blocks
 	fs.Debugf(o, "Committing %d blocks to remove uncommitted blocks", len(blockIDs))
-	err = o.fs.pacer.Call(func() (bool, error) {
+	err = pacer.Call(func() (bool, error) {
 		_, err := blockBlobSVC.CommitBlockList(ctx, blockIDs, options)
 		return o.fs.shouldRetry(ctx, err)
 	})