diff --git a/secio/secio.c b/secio/secio.c
index 60c4911..a0d9f48 100644
--- a/secio/secio.c
+++ b/secio/secio.c
@@ -896,6 +896,7 @@ int libp2p_secio_handshake(struct SessionContext* local_session, struct RsaPriva
 				remote_peer->id[remote_peer->id_size] = 0;
 			}
 		}
+		remote_peer->sessionContext = local_session;
 	} else {
 		if (remote_peer->sessionContext != local_session) {
 			// clean up old session context