--- a/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
+++ b/src/http/modules/ngx_http_memcached_module.c
@@ -176,23 +176,18 @@ ngx_http_memcached_handler(ngx_http_requ
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
-    mlcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_memcached_module);
-
-    u = ngx_pcalloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_upstream_t));
-    if (u == NULL) {
+    if (ngx_http_upstream_create(r) != NGX_OK) {
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
+    u = r->upstream;
+
     u->schema.len = sizeof("memcached://") - 1;
     u->schema.data = (u_char *) "memcached://";
 
-    u->peer.log = r->connection->log;
-    u->peer.log_error = NGX_ERROR_ERR;
-#if (NGX_THREADS)
-    u->peer.lock = &r->connection->lock;
-#endif
+    u->output.tag = (ngx_buf_tag_t) &ngx_http_memcached_module;
 
-    u->output.tag = (ngx_buf_tag_t) &ngx_http_memcached_module;
+    mlcf = ngx_http_get_module_loc_conf(r, ngx_http_memcached_module);
 
     u->conf = &mlcf->upstream;
 
@@ -202,8 +197,6 @@ ngx_http_memcached_handler(ngx_http_requ
     u->abort_request = ngx_http_memcached_abort_request;
     u->finalize_request = ngx_http_memcached_finalize_request;
 
-    r->upstream = u;
-
     ctx = ngx_palloc(r->pool, sizeof(ngx_http_memcached_ctx_t));
     if (ctx == NULL) {
         return NGX_HTTP_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;