diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event.c b/src/event/ngx_event.c
index 6e19f31..54ab605 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event.c
@@ -238,8 +238,6 @@
     }
 
     if (!ngx_queue_empty(&ngx_posted_next_events)) {
-        ngx_queue_add(&ngx_posted_events, &ngx_posted_next_events);
-        ngx_queue_init(&ngx_posted_next_events);
         timer = 0;
     }
 
@@ -263,6 +261,7 @@
     }
 
     ngx_event_process_posted(cycle, &ngx_posted_events);
+    ngx_event_process_posted_next(cycle, &ngx_posted_next_events);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
index e9431b2..6a0e8c0 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
 #endif
 static ngx_int_t ngx_ssl_handle_recv(ngx_connection_t *c, int n);
 static void ngx_ssl_write_handler(ngx_event_t *wev);
-static void ngx_ssl_next_read_handler(ngx_event_t *rev);
 #ifdef SSL_READ_EARLY_DATA_SUCCESS
 static ssize_t ngx_ssl_write_early(ngx_connection_t *c, u_char *data,
     size_t size);
@@ -2018,11 +2017,6 @@
                         c->read->available = 0;
                         c->read->ready = 0;
 
-                        if (c->ssl->next_read_handler == NULL) {
-                            c->ssl->next_read_handler = c->read->handler;
-                            c->read->handler = ngx_ssl_next_read_handler;
-                        }
-
                         ngx_post_event(c->read, &ngx_posted_next_events);
                     }
 
@@ -2328,31 +2322,6 @@
 }
 
 
-static void
-ngx_ssl_next_read_handler(ngx_event_t *rev)
-{
-    ngx_connection_t  *c;
-
-    c = rev->data;
-
-    ngx_log_debug0(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, c->log, 0, "SSL next read handler");
-
-    rev->handler = c->ssl->next_read_handler;
-    c->ssl->next_read_handler = NULL;
-
-    if (!rev->ready) {
-        rev->ready = 1;
-        rev->available = -1;
-    }
-
-    if (rev->posted) {
-        ngx_delete_posted_event(rev);
-    }
-
-    rev->handler(rev);
-}
-
-
 /*
  * OpenSSL has no SSL_writev() so we copy several bufs into our 16K buffer
  * before the SSL_write() call to decrease a SSL overhead.
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
index 71df900..61da0c5 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_openssl.h
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@
 
     ngx_event_handler_pt        saved_read_handler;
     ngx_event_handler_pt        saved_write_handler;
-    ngx_event_handler_pt        next_read_handler;
 
     u_char                      early_buf;
 
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_posted.c b/src/event/ngx_event_posted.c
index fd0b411..125bf4c 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_posted.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_posted.c
@@ -34,3 +34,29 @@
         ev->handler(ev);
     }
 }
+
+
+void
+ngx_event_process_posted_next(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_queue_t *posted)
+{
+    ngx_queue_t  *q;
+    ngx_event_t  *ev;
+
+    while (!ngx_queue_empty(posted)) {
+
+        q = ngx_queue_head(posted);
+        ev = ngx_queue_data(q, ngx_event_t, queue);
+
+        ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, cycle->log, 0,
+                      "posted next event %p", ev);
+
+        ngx_delete_posted_event(ev);
+
+        if (!ev->ready) {
+            ev->ready = 1;
+            ev->available = -1;
+        }
+
+        ev->handler(ev);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_posted.h b/src/event/ngx_event_posted.h
index bac5b35..de0a804 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_posted.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_posted.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 
 void ngx_event_process_posted(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_queue_t *posted);
+void ngx_event_process_posted_next(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_queue_t *posted);
 
 
 extern ngx_queue_t  ngx_posted_accept_events;