diff --git a/ext/ftp/ftp.c b/ext/ftp/ftp.c
index 85cfd0a90cdf6..54326889042fb 100644
--- a/ext/ftp/ftp.c
+++ b/ext/ftp/ftp.c
@@ -167,6 +167,9 @@ ftp_close(ftpbuf_t *ftp)
 	if (ftp == NULL) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
+	if (ftp->last_ssl_session) {
+		SSL_SESSION_free(ftp->last_ssl_session);
+	}
 	if (ftp->data) {
 		data_close(ftp, ftp->data);
 	}
@@ -229,6 +232,20 @@ ftp_quit(ftpbuf_t *ftp)
 }
 /* }}} */
 
+static int ftp_ssl_new_session_cb(SSL *ssl, SSL_SESSION *sess)
+{
+	ftpbuf_t *ftp = SSL_get_app_data(ssl);
+
+	/* Technically there can be multiple sessions per connection, but we only care about the most recent one. */
+	if (ftp->last_ssl_session) {
+		SSL_SESSION_free(ftp->last_ssl_session);
+	}
+	ftp->last_ssl_session = SSL_get1_session(ssl);
+
+	/* Return 0 as we are not using OpenSSL's session cache. */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /* {{{ ftp_login */
 int
 ftp_login(ftpbuf_t *ftp, const char *user, const size_t user_len, const char *pass, const size_t pass_len)
@@ -279,10 +296,13 @@ ftp_login(ftpbuf_t *ftp, const char *user, const size_t user_len, const char *pa
 #endif
 		SSL_CTX_set_options(ctx, ssl_ctx_options);
 
-		/* allow SSL to re-use sessions */
-		SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(ctx, SSL_SESS_CACHE_BOTH);
+		/* Allow SSL to re-use sessions.
+		 * We're relying on our own session storage as only at most one session will ever be active per FTP connection. */
+		SSL_CTX_set_session_cache_mode(ctx, SSL_SESS_CACHE_BOTH | SSL_SESS_CACHE_NO_INTERNAL);
+		SSL_CTX_sess_set_new_cb(ctx, ftp_ssl_new_session_cb);
 
 		ftp->ssl_handle = SSL_new(ctx);
+		SSL_set_app_data(ftp->ssl_handle, ftp); /* Needed for ftp_ssl_new_session_cb */
 		SSL_CTX_free(ctx);
 
 		if (ftp->ssl_handle == NULL) {
@@ -1789,7 +1809,7 @@ data_accept(databuf_t *data, ftpbuf_t *ftp)
 		}
 
 		/* get the session from the control connection so we can re-use it */
-		session = SSL_get_session(ftp->ssl_handle);
+		session = ftp->last_ssl_session;
 		if (session == NULL) {
 			php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "data_accept: failed to retrieve the existing SSL session");
 			SSL_free(data->ssl_handle);
@@ -1797,6 +1817,7 @@ data_accept(databuf_t *data, ftpbuf_t *ftp)
 		}
 
 		/* and set it on the data connection */
+		SSL_set_app_data(data->ssl_handle, ftp); /* Needed for ftp_ssl_new_session_cb */
 		res = SSL_set_session(data->ssl_handle, session);
 		if (res == 0) {
 			php_error_docref(NULL, E_WARNING, "data_accept: failed to set the existing SSL session");
diff --git a/ext/ftp/ftp.h b/ext/ftp/ftp.h
index 9b50ea71ff5d5..5e96351ebdaee 100644
--- a/ext/ftp/ftp.h
+++ b/ext/ftp/ftp.h
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ typedef struct ftpbuf
 	int				old_ssl;	/* old mode = forced data encryption */
 	SSL				*ssl_handle;      /* handle for control connection */
 	int				ssl_active;		  /* ssl active on control conn */
+	SSL_SESSION     *last_ssl_session; /* last negotiated session */
 #endif
 
 } ftpbuf_t;