diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java
index f5ab5539..ee0eec6f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jruby/ext/openssl/SSLSocket.java
@@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ private IRubyObject doHandshake(final boolean blocking, final boolean exception)
                     netWriteData.compact();
                     netWriteData = Utils.ensureCapacity(netWriteData, engine.getSession().getPacketBufferSize());
                     netWriteData.flip();
-                    if (handshakeStatus != SSLEngineResult.HandshakeStatus.NEED_UNWRAP || flushData(blocking)) {
+                    if (handshakeStatus != SSLEngineResult.HandshakeStatus.NEED_UNWRAP) {
                         sel = waitSelect(SelectionKey.OP_WRITE, blocking, exception);
                         if ( sel instanceof IRubyObject ) return (IRubyObject) sel; // :wait_writeable
                     }