diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index 98773ebf21..f1a25b23dc 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -516,11 +516,9 @@ static CURLcode AllowServerConnect(struct Curl_easy *data, bool *connected)
   }
   else {
     /* Add timeout to multi handle and break out of the loop */
-    if(*connected == FALSE) {
-      Curl_expire(data, data->set.accepttimeout > 0 ?
-                  data->set.accepttimeout: DEFAULT_ACCEPT_TIMEOUT,
-                  EXPIRE_FTP_ACCEPT);
-    }
+    Curl_expire(data, data->set.accepttimeout ?
+                data->set.accepttimeout: DEFAULT_ACCEPT_TIMEOUT,
+                EXPIRE_FTP_ACCEPT);
   }
 
   return result;