diff --git a/iocore/net/BIO_fastopen.cc b/iocore/net/BIO_fastopen.cc
index 78af8fab3c7..014d03a1ae9 100644
--- a/iocore/net/BIO_fastopen.cc
+++ b/iocore/net/BIO_fastopen.cc
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ fastopen_bread(BIO *bio, char *out, int outsz)
   if (err < 0) {
     errno = -err;
     if (BIO_sock_non_fatal_error(errno)) {
-      BIO_set_retry_write(bio);
+      BIO_set_retry_read(bio);
     }
   }