diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
index 7eb05209d..a7b389444 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@ static ssize_t ngx_ssl_sendfile(ngx_connection_t *c, ngx_buf_t *file,
     size_t size);
 static void ngx_ssl_read_handler(ngx_event_t *rev);
 static void ngx_ssl_shutdown_handler(ngx_event_t *ev);
-static void ngx_ssl_connection_error(ngx_connection_t *c, int sslerr,
-    ngx_err_t err, char *text);
 static void ngx_ssl_clear_error(ngx_log_t *log);
 
 static ngx_int_t ngx_ssl_session_id_context(ngx_ssl_t *ssl,
@@ -3301,7 +3299,7 @@ ngx_ssl_shutdown_handler(ngx_event_t *ev)
 }
 
 
-static void
+void
 ngx_ssl_connection_error(ngx_connection_t *c, int sslerr, ngx_err_t err,
     char *text)
 {
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
index d4a62b82a..9e68deb44 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ ngx_chain_t *ngx_ssl_send_chain(ngx_connection_t *c, ngx_chain_t *in,
     off_t limit);
 void ngx_ssl_free_buffer(ngx_connection_t *c);
 ngx_int_t ngx_ssl_shutdown(ngx_connection_t *c);
+void ngx_ssl_connection_error(ngx_connection_t *c, int sslerr, ngx_err_t err,
+    char *text);
 void ngx_cdecl ngx_ssl_error(ngx_uint_t level, ngx_log_t *log, ngx_err_t err,
     char *fmt, ...);
 void ngx_ssl_cleanup_ctx(void *data);
diff --git a/src/event/quic/ngx_event_quic_ssl.c b/src/event/quic/ngx_event_quic_ssl.c
index f255f77a2..ddc6c7c3b 100644
--- a/src/event/quic/ngx_event_quic_ssl.c
+++ b/src/event/quic/ngx_event_quic_ssl.c
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ ngx_quic_crypto_input(ngx_connection_t *c, ngx_chain_t *data,
                 return NGX_ERROR;
             }
 
-            ngx_ssl_error(NGX_LOG_ERR, c->log, 0, "SSL_do_handshake() failed");
+            ngx_ssl_connection_error(c, sslerr, 0, "SSL_do_handshake() failed");
             return NGX_ERROR;
         }
     }