diff --git a/extra/yassl/src/ssl.cpp b/extra/yassl/src/ssl.cpp
index 9516e8b985e..23465335922 100644
--- a/extra/yassl/src/ssl.cpp
+++ b/extra/yassl/src/ssl.cpp
@@ -1471,10 +1471,6 @@ int SSL_peek(SSL* ssl, void* buffer, int sz)
 
 int SSL_pending(SSL* ssl)
 {
-    // Just in case there's pending data that hasn't been processed yet...
-    char c;
-    SSL_peek(ssl, &c, 1);
-    
     return ssl->bufferedData();
 }
 
diff --git a/mysql-test/r/ssl_timeout-9836.result b/mysql-test/r/ssl_timeout-9836.result
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc2e19e1475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/r/ssl_timeout-9836.result
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SET @@net_read_timeout=1;
+SELECT 1;
+1
+1
+SELECT 1;
+1
+1
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ssl_timeout-9836.opt b/mysql-test/t/ssl_timeout-9836.opt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7a2696875b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ssl_timeout-9836.opt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+--loose-thread-handling=pool-of-threads
diff --git a/mysql-test/t/ssl_timeout-9836.test b/mysql-test/t/ssl_timeout-9836.test
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b57917f3b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mysql-test/t/ssl_timeout-9836.test
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#
+# MDEV-9836 Connection lost when using SSL
+#
+-- source include/have_ssl_communication.inc
+connect(con1,localhost,root,,,,,SSL);
+SET @@net_read_timeout=1;
+SELECT 1;
+# MDEV-9836 - YASSL bug - SSL connection lost if it has been idle, for longer than net_read_timeout
+-- sleep 2
+SELECT 1;
+disconnect con1;