diff --git a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
index 73ad0e8e..18db9b68 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-netflix-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/netflix/ribbon/apache/RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public class RibbonLoadBalancingHttpClient extends
 
 	@Override
 	public RequestSpecificRetryHandler getRequestSpecificRetryHandler(RibbonApacheHttpRequest request, IClientConfig requestConfig) {
-		return new RequestSpecificRetryHandler(false, false, RetryHandler.DEFAULT, null);
+		return new RequestSpecificRetryHandler(false, false,
+				RetryHandler.DEFAULT, requestConfig);
 	}
 }