diff --git a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
index 0be5691aa..d2dcac4ce 100644
--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_proxy_v2_module.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static ngx_http_proxy_v2_ctx_t *
     ngx_http_proxy_v2_get_ctx(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_v2_get_connection_data(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_http_proxy_v2_ctx_t *ctx, ngx_peer_connection_t *pc);
+static ngx_inline ngx_int_t ngx_http_proxy_v2_cached(ngx_http_request_t *r);
 static void ngx_http_proxy_v2_cleanup(void *data);
 
 static void ngx_http_proxy_v2_abort_request(ngx_http_request_t *r);
@@ -1406,7 +1407,7 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_process_header(ngx_http_request_t *r)
 
         /* frame payload */
 
-        if (u->peer.connection) {
+        if (!ngx_http_proxy_v2_cached(r)) {
 
             if (ctx->type == NGX_HTTP_V2_RST_STREAM_FRAME) {
                 rc = ngx_http_proxy_v2_parse_rst_stream(r, ctx, b);
@@ -4069,9 +4070,7 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_get_connection_data(ngx_http_request_t *r,
     ngx_connection_t    *c;
     ngx_pool_cleanup_t  *cln;
 
-    c = pc->connection;
-
-    if (c == NULL) {
+    if (ngx_http_proxy_v2_cached(r)) {
         ctx->connection = ngx_palloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_proxy_v2_conn_t));
         if (ctx->connection == NULL) {
             return NGX_ERROR;
@@ -4082,6 +4081,8 @@ ngx_http_proxy_v2_get_connection_data(ngx_http_request_t *r,
         goto done;
     }
 
+    c = pc->connection;
+
     if (pc->cached) {
 
         /*
@@ -4137,6 +4138,17 @@ done:
 }
 
 
+static ngx_inline ngx_int_t
+ngx_http_proxy_v2_cached(ngx_http_request_t *r)
+{
+#if (NGX_HTTP_CACHE)
+    return r->cached;
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+
 static void
 ngx_http_proxy_v2_cleanup(void *data)
 {