diff --git a/lib/tls/mbedtls/ssl.c b/lib/tls/mbedtls/ssl.c
index 6ae9d255..f311ef50 100644
--- a/lib/tls/mbedtls/ssl.c
+++ b/lib/tls/mbedtls/ssl.c
@@ -121,8 +121,6 @@ lws_ssl_capable_read(struct lws *wsi, unsigned char *buf, int len)
 	if (wsi->vhost)
 		wsi->vhost->conn_stats.rx += n;
 
-	lws_restart_ws_ping_pong_timer(wsi);
-
 	/*
 	 * if it was our buffer that limited what we read,
 	 * check if SSL has additional data pending inside SSL buffers.