diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/io/ssl/SslTlsSupportSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/io/ssl/SslTlsSupportSpec.scala
index 589d582682..d7791cce4a 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/io/ssl/SslTlsSupportSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/io/ssl/SslTlsSupportSpec.scala
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ class SslTlsSupportSpec extends AkkaSpec {
         context watch handler
         //#server
         val pipeline = context.actorOf(TcpPipelineHandler.props(
-          init, sender, handler).withDeploy(Deploy.local))
+          init, connection, handler).withDeploy(Deploy.local))
 
         connection ! Tcp.Register(pipeline)
       //#server