--- a/src/http/ngx_http.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http.c
@@ -1812,7 +1812,7 @@ ngx_http_add_addrs(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_h
             return NGX_ERROR;
         }
 
-        addrs[i].conf.virtual_names = vn;
+        addrs[i].conf.core_srv_conf->virtual_names = vn;
 
         vn->names.hash = addr[i].hash;
         vn->names.wc_head = addr[i].wc_head;
@@ -1869,7 +1869,7 @@ ngx_http_add_addrs6(ngx_conf_t *cf, ngx_
             return NGX_ERROR;
         }
 
-        addrs6[i].conf.virtual_names = vn;
+        addrs6[i].conf.core_srv_conf->virtual_names = vn;
 
         vn->names.hash = addr[i].hash;
         vn->names.wc_head = addr[i].wc_head;

--- a/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_core_module.h
@@ -150,6 +150,8 @@ typedef struct {
     /* server ctx */
     ngx_http_conf_ctx_t        *ctx;
 
+    ngx_http_virtual_names_t   *virtual_names;
+
     ngx_str_t                   server_name;
 
     size_t                      connection_pool_size;
@@ -175,8 +177,6 @@ typedef struct {
     /* the default server configuration for this address:port */
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t  *core_srv_conf;
 
-    ngx_http_virtual_names_t  *virtual_names;
-
 #if (NGX_HTTP_SSL)
     ngx_uint_t                 ssl;   /* unsigned  ssl:1; */
 #endif

--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.c
@@ -374,8 +374,6 @@ ngx_http_init_request(ngx_event_t *rev)
         }
     }
 
-    r->virtual_names = addr_conf->virtual_names;
-
     /* the default server configuration for the address:port */
     cscf = addr_conf->core_srv_conf;
 
@@ -1614,11 +1612,15 @@ ngx_http_find_virtual_server(ngx_http_re
 {
     u_char                    *server;
     ngx_uint_t                 hash;
+    ngx_http_virtual_names_t  *vn;
     ngx_http_core_loc_conf_t  *clcf;
     ngx_http_core_srv_conf_t  *cscf;
     u_char                     buf[32];
 
-    if (r->virtual_names == NULL) {
+    cscf = ngx_http_get_module_srv_conf(r, ngx_http_core_module);
+    vn = cscf->virtual_names;
+
+    if (vn == NULL) {
         return NGX_DECLINED;
     }
 
@@ -1634,7 +1636,7 @@ ngx_http_find_virtual_server(ngx_http_re
 
     hash = ngx_hash_strlow(server, host, len);
 
-    cscf = ngx_hash_find_combined(&r->virtual_names->names, hash, server, len);
+    cscf = ngx_hash_find_combined(&vn->names, hash, server, len);
 
     if (cscf) {
         goto found;
@@ -1642,7 +1644,7 @@ ngx_http_find_virtual_server(ngx_http_re
 
 #if (NGX_PCRE)
 
-    if (r->virtual_names->nregex) {
+    if (vn->nregex) {
         ngx_int_t                n;
         ngx_uint_t               i;
         ngx_str_t                name;
@@ -1651,9 +1653,9 @@ ngx_http_find_virtual_server(ngx_http_re
         name.len = len;
         name.data = server;
 
-        sn = r->virtual_names->regex;
-
-        for (i = 0; i < r->virtual_names->nregex; i++) {
+        sn = vn->regex;
+
+        for (i = 0; i < vn->nregex; i++) {
 
             n = ngx_regex_exec(sn[i].regex, &name, NULL, 0);
 

--- a/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_request.h
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ struct ngx_http_request_s {
     ngx_http_post_subrequest_t       *post_subrequest;
     ngx_http_posted_request_t        *posted_requests;
 
-    ngx_http_virtual_names_t         *virtual_names;
-
     ngx_int_t                         phase_handler;
     ngx_http_handler_pt               content_handler;
     ngx_uint_t                        access_code;