diff --git a/src/core/ngx_connection.c b/src/core/ngx_connection.c
index 08a547d42..21e986c71 100644
--- a/src/core/ngx_connection.c
+++ b/src/core/ngx_connection.c
@@ -701,7 +701,13 @@ ngx_configure_listening_sockets(ngx_cycle_t *cycle)
         if (ls[i].add_deferred || ls[i].delete_deferred) {
 
             if (ls[i].add_deferred) {
-                value = (int) (ls[i].post_accept_timeout / 1000);
+                /*
+                 * There is no way to find out how long a connection was
+                 * in queue (and a connection may bypass deferred queue at all
+                 * if syncookies were used), hence we use 1 second timeout
+                 * here.
+                 */
+                value = 1;
 
             } else {
                 value = 0;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
index 1f6d246bc..badb804a1 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -423,20 +423,6 @@ ngx_http_wait_request_handler(ngx_event_t *rev)
 
     if (n == NGX_AGAIN) {
 
-#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)
-        if (c->listening->deferred_accept
-#if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
-            && c->ssl == NULL
-#endif
-            )
-        {
-            ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, c->log, NGX_ETIMEDOUT,
-                          "client timed out in deferred accept");
-            ngx_http_close_connection(c);
-            return;
-        }
-#endif
-
         if (!rev->timer_set) {
             ngx_add_timer(rev, c->listening->post_accept_timeout);
             ngx_reusable_connection(c, 1);
@@ -636,15 +622,6 @@ ngx_http_ssl_handshake(ngx_event_t *rev)
     if (n == -1) {
         if (err == NGX_EAGAIN) {
 
-#if (NGX_HAVE_DEFERRED_ACCEPT && defined TCP_DEFER_ACCEPT)
-            if (c->listening->deferred_accept) {
-                ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_INFO, c->log, NGX_ETIMEDOUT,
-                              "client timed out in deferred accept");
-                ngx_http_close_connection(c);
-                return;
-            }
-#endif
-
             if (!rev->timer_set) {
                 ngx_add_timer(rev, c->listening->post_accept_timeout);
                 ngx_reusable_connection(c, 1);