diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index 47cc6cc55..688acd806 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -1556,6 +1556,10 @@ ngx_http_upstream_connect(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
     c->sendfile &= r->connection->sendfile;
     u->output.sendfile = c->sendfile;
 
+    if (r->connection->tcp_nopush == NGX_TCP_NOPUSH_DISABLED) {
+        c->tcp_nopush = NGX_TCP_NOPUSH_DISABLED;
+    }
+
     if (c->pool == NULL) {
 
         /* we need separate pool here to be able to cache SSL connections */