diff --git a/proxy/http/Http1ClientSession.cc b/proxy/http/Http1ClientSession.cc
index d070bd9462f..fa1369aef00 100644
--- a/proxy/http/Http1ClientSession.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/Http1ClientSession.cc
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ Http1ClientSession::new_connection(NetVConnection *new_vc, MIOBuffer *iobuf, IOB
 
   read_buffer = iobuf ? iobuf : new_MIOBuffer(HTTP_HEADER_BUFFER_SIZE_INDEX);
   _reader     = reader ? reader : read_buffer->alloc_reader();
+
   trans.set_reader(_reader);
+  trans.upstream_outbound_options = *accept_options;
 
   _handle_if_ssl(new_vc);
 
diff --git a/proxy/http/HttpSessionAccept.cc b/proxy/http/HttpSessionAccept.cc
index ea9d07556df..29416da1125 100644
--- a/proxy/http/HttpSessionAccept.cc
+++ b/proxy/http/HttpSessionAccept.cc
@@ -58,8 +58,6 @@ HttpSessionAccept::accept(NetVConnection *netvc, MIOBuffer *iobuf, IOBufferReade
   new_session->setThreadAffinity(this_ethread());
   new_session->new_connection(netvc, iobuf, reader);
 
-  new_session->trans.upstream_outbound_options = *new_session->accept_options;
-
   return true;
 }