diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
index 4f029fe5b..69ea57a2a 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -1160,10 +1160,10 @@ ngx_ssl_session_cache(ngx_ssl_t *ssl, ngx_str_t *sess_ctx,
         if (builtin_session_cache != NGX_SSL_DFLT_BUILTIN_SCACHE) {
             SSL_CTX_sess_set_cache_size(ssl->ctx, builtin_session_cache);
         }
-
-        SSL_CTX_set_timeout(ssl->ctx, timeout);
     }
 
+    SSL_CTX_set_timeout(ssl->ctx, timeout);
+
     if (shm_zone) {
         shm_zone->init = ngx_ssl_session_cache_init;