diff --git a/src/internal.c b/src/internal.c
index 5f5a56cb0..4bf2cbe0f 100644
--- a/src/internal.c
+++ b/src/internal.c
@@ -6057,6 +6057,7 @@ void DtlsMsgPoolReset(WOLFSSL* ssl)
     if (ssl->dtls_tx_msg_list) {
         DtlsMsgListDelete(ssl->dtls_tx_msg_list, ssl->heap);
         ssl->dtls_tx_msg_list = NULL;
+        ssl->dtls_tx_msg = NULL;
         ssl->dtls_tx_msg_list_sz = 0;
         ssl->dtls_timeout = ssl->dtls_timeout_init;
     }
@@ -6085,10 +6086,12 @@ int VerifyForDtlsMsgPoolSend(WOLFSSL* ssl, byte type, word32 fragOffset)
 int DtlsMsgPoolSend(WOLFSSL* ssl, int sendOnlyFirstPacket)
 {
     int ret = 0;
-    DtlsMsg* pool = ssl->dtls_tx_msg_list;
+    DtlsMsg* pool;
 
     WOLFSSL_ENTER("DtlsMsgPoolSend()");
 
+    pool = ssl->dtls_tx_msg == NULL ? ssl->dtls_tx_msg_list : ssl->dtls_tx_msg;
+
     if (pool != NULL) {
         if ((ssl->options.side == WOLFSSL_SERVER_END &&
              !(ssl->options.acceptState == SERVER_HELLO_DONE ||
@@ -6176,6 +6179,7 @@ int DtlsMsgPoolSend(WOLFSSL* ssl, int sendOnlyFirstPacket)
             }
             else
                 pool = pool->next;
+            ssl->dtls_tx_msg = pool;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/wolfssl/internal.h b/wolfssl/internal.h
index a03e86f8c..a22c36702 100644
--- a/wolfssl/internal.h
+++ b/wolfssl/internal.h
@@ -3741,6 +3741,7 @@ struct WOLFSSL {
     word32          dtls_tx_msg_list_sz;
     word32          dtls_rx_msg_list_sz;
     DtlsMsg*        dtls_tx_msg_list;
+    DtlsMsg*        dtls_tx_msg;
     DtlsMsg*        dtls_rx_msg_list;
     void*           IOCB_CookieCtx;     /* gen cookie ctx */
     word32          dtls_expected_rx;