diff --git a/CHANGELOG.rst b/CHANGELOG.rst
index 0d8bf72914..6878fca8a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.rst
+++ b/CHANGELOG.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Bug Fixes
 * Both _set_final_exception/result called for the same ResponseFuture (PYTHON-630)
 * Use of DCAwareRoundRobinPolicy raises NoHostAvailable exception (PYTHON-781)
 * Not create two sessions by default in CQLEngine (PYTHON-814)
+* Bug when subclassing AyncoreConnection (PYTHON-827)
 
 3.11.0
 ======
diff --git a/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py b/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py
index 64dfb030e6..e875d89cf2 100644
--- a/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py
+++ b/cassandra/io/asyncorereactor.py
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
             callback=partial(asyncore.dispatcher.__init__,
                              self, self._socket, _dispatcher_map)
         )
-        AsyncoreConnection._loop.add_timer(init_handler)
+        self._loop.add_timer(init_handler)
         init_handler.wait(kwargs["connect_timeout"])
 
         self._writable = True