diff --git a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine.java b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine.java
index f93d283d43..b7df163bf2 100644
--- a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine.java
+++ b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine.java
@@ -1687,7 +1687,6 @@ public class ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine extends SSLEngine implements Referenc
         }
         // if SSL_do_handshake returns > 0 or sslError == SSL.SSL_ERROR_NAME it means the handshake was finished.
         session.handshakeFinished();
-        engineMap.remove(ssl);
         return FINISHED;
     }