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 5f877b8201..29d86d4ff8 100644
--- a/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine.java
+++ b/handler/src/main/java/io/netty/handler/ssl/ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine.java
@@ -235,7 +235,6 @@ public class ReferenceCountedOpenSslEngine extends SSLEngine implements Referenc
         } finally {
             readerLock.unlock();
         }
-        ssl = SSL.newSSL(context.ctx, !context.isClient());
         try {
             networkBIO = SSL.bioNewByteBuffer(ssl, context.getBioNonApplicationBufferSize());