diff --git a/locust/clients.py b/locust/clients.py
index 84f23622a3..f9390e73fd 100644
--- a/locust/clients.py
+++ b/locust/clients.py
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ def _send_request_safe_mode(self, method, url, **kwargs):
         Safe mode has been removed from requests 1.x.
         """
         try:
-            return requests.Session.request(self, method, url, **kwargs)
+            return super().request(method, url, **kwargs)
         except (MissingSchema, InvalidSchema, InvalidURL):
             raise
         except RequestException as e: