diff --git a/src/tls_wrap.cc b/src/tls_wrap.cc
index b2ef5184e077b8..6752d16b20659b 100644
--- a/src/tls_wrap.cc
+++ b/src/tls_wrap.cc
@@ -120,20 +120,18 @@ TLSWrap::~TLSWrap() {
 
 
 void TLSWrap::MakePending() {
-  write_item_queue_.MoveBack(&pending_write_items_);
+  write_callback_scheduled_ = true;
 }
 
 
 bool TLSWrap::InvokeQueued(int status, const char* error_str) {
-  if (pending_write_items_.IsEmpty())
+  if (!write_callback_scheduled_)
     return false;
 
-  // Process old queue
-  WriteItemList queue;
-  pending_write_items_.MoveBack(&queue);
-  while (WriteItem* wi = queue.PopFront()) {
-    wi->w_->Done(status, error_str);
-    delete wi;
+  if (current_write_ != nullptr) {
+    WriteWrap* w = current_write_;
+    current_write_ = nullptr;
+    w->Done(status, error_str);
   }
 
   return true;
@@ -303,7 +301,7 @@ void TLSWrap::EncOut() {
     return;
 
   // Split-off queue
-  if (established_ && !write_item_queue_.IsEmpty())
+  if (established_ && current_write_ != nullptr)
     MakePending();
 
   if (ssl_ == nullptr)
@@ -606,8 +604,9 @@ int TLSWrap::DoWrite(WriteWrap* w,
     }
   }
 
-  // Queue callback to execute it on next tick
-  write_item_queue_.PushBack(new WriteItem(w));
+  // Store the current write wrap
+  CHECK_EQ(current_write_, nullptr);
+  current_write_ = w;
   w->Dispatched();
 
   // Write queued data
diff --git a/src/tls_wrap.h b/src/tls_wrap.h
index ed047797c2e969..ffa4fb5b4d5c31 100644
--- a/src/tls_wrap.h
+++ b/src/tls_wrap.h
@@ -90,19 +90,6 @@ class TLSWrap : public AsyncWrap,
   // Maximum number of buffers passed to uv_write()
   static const int kSimultaneousBufferCount = 10;
 
-  // Write callback queue's item
-  class WriteItem {
-   public:
-    explicit WriteItem(WriteWrap* w) : w_(w) {
-    }
-    ~WriteItem() {
-      w_ = nullptr;
-    }
-
-    WriteWrap* w_;
-    ListNode<WriteItem> member_;
-  };
-
   TLSWrap(Environment* env,
           Kind kind,
           StreamBase* stream,
@@ -173,9 +160,8 @@ class TLSWrap : public AsyncWrap,
   BIO* enc_out_;
   crypto::NodeBIO* clear_in_;
   size_t write_size_;
-  typedef ListHead<WriteItem, &WriteItem::member_> WriteItemList;
-  WriteItemList write_item_queue_;
-  WriteItemList pending_write_items_;
+  WriteWrap* current_write_ = nullptr;
+  bool write_callback_scheduled_ = false;
   bool started_;
   bool established_;
   bool shutdown_;