diff --git a/tests/test_tcp.py b/tests/test_tcp.py
index 5b40bb24..8ea6e592 100644
--- a/tests/test_tcp.py
+++ b/tests/test_tcp.py
@@ -2891,6 +2891,50 @@ async def client(addr, ctx):
         # SSLProtocol should be DECREF to 0
         self.assertIsNone(ctx())
 
+    def test_shutdown_timeout_handler_not_set(self):
+        loop = self.loop
+
+        def server(sock):
+            sslctx = self._create_server_ssl_context(self.ONLYCERT,
+                                                     self.ONLYKEY)
+            sock = sslctx.wrap_socket(sock, server_side=True)
+            sock.send(b'hello')
+            assert sock.recv(1024) == b'world'
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+            sock.send(b'extra bytes' * 1)
+            # sending EOF here
+            sock.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
+            # make sure we have enough time to reproduce the issue
+            time.sleep(0.1)
+            sock.close()
+
+        class Protocol(asyncio.Protocol):
+            def __init__(self):
+                self.fut = asyncio.Future(loop=loop)
+                self.transport = None
+
+            def connection_made(self, transport):
+                self.transport = transport
+
+            def data_received(self, data):
+                self.transport.write(b'world')
+                # pause reading would make incoming data stay in the sslobj
+                self.transport.pause_reading()
+                # resume for AIO to pass
+                loop.call_later(0.2, self.transport.resume_reading)
+
+            def connection_lost(self, exc):
+                self.fut.set_result(None)
+
+        async def client(addr):
+            ctx = self._create_client_ssl_context()
+            tr, pr = await loop.create_connection(Protocol, *addr, ssl=ctx)
+            await pr.fut
+            tr.close()
+
+        with self.tcp_server(server) as srv:
+            loop.run_until_complete(client(srv.addr))
+
 
 class Test_UV_TCPSSL(_TestSSL, tb.UVTestCase):
     pass
diff --git a/uvloop/sslproto.pyx b/uvloop/sslproto.pyx
index 4fe6f909..c5b9c3a1 100644
--- a/uvloop/sslproto.pyx
+++ b/uvloop/sslproto.pyx
@@ -349,8 +349,10 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
 
         if self._shutdown_timeout_handle:
             self._shutdown_timeout_handle.cancel()
+            self._shutdown_timeout_handle = None
         if self._handshake_timeout_handle:
             self._handshake_timeout_handle.cancel()
+            self._handshake_timeout_handle = None
 
     def get_buffer(self, n):
         cdef size_t want = n
@@ -495,7 +497,9 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
             self._on_handshake_complete(None)
 
     cdef _on_handshake_complete(self, handshake_exc):
-        self._handshake_timeout_handle.cancel()
+        if self._handshake_timeout_handle is not None:
+            self._handshake_timeout_handle.cancel()
+            self._shutdown_timeout_handle = None
 
         sslobj = self._sslobj
         try:
@@ -588,7 +592,9 @@ cdef class SSLProtocol:
             self._on_shutdown_complete(None)
 
     cdef _on_shutdown_complete(self, shutdown_exc):
-        self._shutdown_timeout_handle.cancel()
+        if self._shutdown_timeout_handle is not None:
+            self._shutdown_timeout_handle.cancel()
+            self._shutdown_timeout_handle = None
 
         if shutdown_exc:
             self._fatal_error(shutdown_exc)