diff --git a/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Connection/HttpConnection.cs b/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Connection/HttpConnection.cs
index 2be92b85411..41cf3945e21 100644
--- a/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Connection/HttpConnection.cs
+++ b/src/Elasticsearch.Net/Connection/HttpConnection.cs
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ private void Iterate(HttpWebRequest request, byte[] data, IEnumerable<Task> asyn
 
 		private int GetRequestTimeout(IRequestConfiguration requestConfiguration)
 		{
-			if (requestConfiguration != null && requestConfiguration.ConnectTimeout.HasValue)
+			if (requestConfiguration != null && requestConfiguration.RequestTimeout.HasValue)
 				return requestConfiguration.RequestTimeout.Value;
 
 			return this.ConnectionSettings.Timeout;