diff --git a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslClientContext.java b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslClientContext.java
index 6b945506b9..3ab1d39244 100644
--- a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslClientContext.java
+++ b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslClientContext.java
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ public final class ReferenceCountedOpenSslClientContext extends ReferenceCounted
         try {
             sessionContext = newSessionContext(this, ctx, engineMap, trustCertCollection, trustManagerFactory,
                                                keyCertChain, key, keyPassword, keyManagerFactory, keyStore);
-            if (ENABLE_SESSION_TICKET) {
-                sessionContext.setTicketKeys();
-            }
             success = true;
         } finally {
             if (!success) {
@@ -170,6 +167,9 @@ public final class ReferenceCountedOpenSslClientContext extends ReferenceCounted
                 throw new SSLException("unable to setup trustmanager", e);
             }
             OpenSslClientSessionContext context = new OpenSslClientSessionContext(thiz, keyMaterialProvider);
+            if (ENABLE_SESSION_TICKET) {
+                context.setTicketKeys();
+            }
             keyMaterialProvider = null;
             return context;
         } finally {