diff --git a/pkg/adapter/adapter.go b/pkg/adapter/adapter.go
index 0e32e74f..ead9386b 100644
--- a/pkg/adapter/adapter.go
+++ b/pkg/adapter/adapter.go
@@ -100,9 +100,7 @@ func NewLocalAdapter(cfg *config.Config) (*LocalAdapter, error) {
 func startScheduledGC(content *content.Content) {
 	ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Hour)
 	for range ticker.C {
-		if err := content.GC(namespaces.WithNamespace(context.Background(), "acceleration-service"), content.Threshold/2); err != nil {
-			logrus.Error(errors.Wrap(err, "scheduled gc task"))
-		}
+		content.GC(namespaces.WithNamespace(context.Background(), "acceleration-service"), content.Threshold/2)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -126,14 +124,12 @@ func (adp *LocalAdapter) Convert(ctx context.Context, source string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	adp.content.GcMutex.RLock()
+	defer adp.content.GcMutex.RUnlock()
 	if _, err = adp.cvt.Convert(ctx, source, target, cacheRef); err != nil {
 		adp.content.GcMutex.RUnlock()
 		return err
 	}
-	adp.content.GcMutex.RUnlock()
-	if err := adp.content.GC(ctx, adp.content.Threshold); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	go adp.content.GC(ctx, adp.content.Threshold)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/content/content.go b/pkg/content/content.go
index 2a6e7e6b..e61cdbcb 100644
--- a/pkg/content/content.go
+++ b/pkg/content/content.go
@@ -135,27 +135,29 @@ func (content *Content) Size() (int64, error) {
 }
 
 // GC clean the local caches by cfg.Provider.GCPolicy configuration
-func (content *Content) GC(ctx context.Context, threshold int64) error {
+func (content *Content) GC(ctx context.Context, threshold int64) {
 	size, err := content.Size()
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		logrus.Error(errors.Wrap(err, "gc get content size"))
+		return
 	}
 	// if the local content size over eighty percent of threshold, gc start
 	if size > (threshold*gcPercent)/100 {
-		if _, err, _ := content.gcSingleflight.Do(accelerationServiceNamespace, func() (interface{}, error) {
+		content.gcSingleflight.Do(accelerationServiceNamespace, func() (interface{}, error) {
 			content.GcMutex.Lock()
 			defer content.GcMutex.Unlock()
 			// recalculate the local cache size
 			size, err := content.Size()
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
+				logrus.Error(errors.Wrap(err, "gc get content size"))
+				return nil, nil
 			}
-			return nil, content.garbageCollect(ctx, size-(threshold*gcPercent)/100)
-		}); err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+			if err := content.garbageCollect(ctx, size-(threshold*gcPercent)/100); err != nil {
+				logrus.Error(errors.Wrap(err, "gc"))
+			}
+			return nil, nil
+		})
 	}
-	return nil
 }
 
 // garbageCollect clean the local caches by lease