diff --git a/plugins/experimental/ssl_session_reuse/src/publish.cc b/plugins/experimental/ssl_session_reuse/src/publish.cc
index 7c07a0ab192..0c66fec2b71 100644
--- a/plugins/experimental/ssl_session_reuse/src/publish.cc
+++ b/plugins/experimental/ssl_session_reuse/src/publish.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ RedisPublisher::RedisPublisher(const std::string &conf)
     m_redisConnectTries(cDefaultRedisConnectTries),
     m_redisPublishTries(cDefaultRedisPublishTries),
     m_redisRetryDelay(cDefaultRedisRetryDelay),
-    m_maxQueuedMessages(cDefaultMaxQueuedMessages)
+    m_maxQueuedMessages(cDefaultMaxQueuedMessages),
+    m_poolRedisConnectTimeout(cDefaultRedisConnectTimeout)
 {
   if (Config::getSingleton().loadConfig(conf)) {
     Config::getSingleton().getValue("pubconfig", "PubNumWorkers", m_numWorkers);