--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -1531,8 +1531,9 @@ ngx_http_upstream_check_broken_connectio
 static void
 ngx_http_upstream_connect(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
 {
-    ngx_int_t          rc;
-    ngx_connection_t  *c;
+    ngx_int_t                  rc;
+    ngx_connection_t          *c;
+    ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
 
     r->connection->log->action = "connecting to upstream";
 
@@ -1619,10 +1620,12 @@ ngx_http_upstream_connect(ngx_http_reque
 
     /* init or reinit the ngx_output_chain() and ngx_chain_writer() contexts */
 
+    clcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_core_module);
+
     u->writer.out = NULL;
     u->writer.last = &u->writer.out;
     u->writer.connection = c;
-    u->writer.limit = 0;
+    u->writer.limit = clcf->sendfile_max_chunk;
 
     if (u->request_sent) {
         if (ngx_http_upstream_reinit(r, u) != NGX_OK) {
@@ -1703,9 +1706,6 @@ ngx_http_upstream_ssl_init_connection(ng
         return;
     }
 
-    c->sendfile = 0;
-    u->output.sendfile = 0;
-
     if (u->conf->ssl_server_name || u->conf->ssl_verify) {
         if (ngx_http_upstream_ssl_name(r, u, c) != NGX_OK) {
             ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u,
@@ -1811,6 +1811,11 @@ ngx_http_upstream_ssl_handshake(ngx_http
             }
         }
 
+        if (!c->ssl->sendfile) {
+            c->sendfile = 0;
+            u->output.sendfile = 0;
+        }
+
         c->write->handler = ngx_http_upstream_handler;
         c->read->handler = ngx_http_upstream_handler;