diff --git a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerProtocolHandler.java b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerProtocolHandler.java
index 68aae061ff..85b30127c1 100644
--- a/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerProtocolHandler.java
+++ b/codec-http/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/codec/http/websocketx/WebSocketServerProtocolHandler.java
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ public class WebSocketServerProtocolHandler extends WebSocketProtocolHandler {
     }
 
     public WebSocketServerProtocolHandler(String websocketPath, long handshakeTimeoutMillis) {
-        this(websocketPath, null, false);
+        this(websocketPath, false, handshakeTimeoutMillis);
     }
 
     public WebSocketServerProtocolHandler(String websocketPath, boolean checkStartsWith) {