diff --git a/lib/easy.c b/lib/easy.c
index 1a6912748..454621076 100644
--- a/lib/easy.c
+++ b/lib/easy.c
@@ -1033,7 +1033,6 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_pause(struct Curl_easy *data, int action)
      to have this handle checked soon */
   if((newstate & (KEEP_RECV_PAUSE|KEEP_SEND_PAUSE)) !=
      (KEEP_RECV_PAUSE|KEEP_SEND_PAUSE)) {
-    data->state.drain++;
     Curl_expire(data, 0, EXPIRE_RUN_NOW); /* get this handle going again */
     if(data->multi)
       Curl_update_timer(data->multi);
diff --git a/lib/transfer.c b/lib/transfer.c
index 827076183..ead8b36db 100644
--- a/lib/transfer.c
+++ b/lib/transfer.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2020, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2019, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -1217,8 +1217,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_readwrite(struct connectdata *conn,
   else
     fd_write = CURL_SOCKET_BAD;
 
-  if(data->state.drain) {
-    data->state.drain--;
+  if(conn->data->state.drain) {
     select_res |= CURL_CSELECT_IN;
     DEBUGF(infof(data, "Curl_readwrite: forcibly told to drain data\n"));
   }