diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Internal/ConnectionHandler.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Internal/ConnectionHandler.cs
index 1376c975ed..c086397090 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Internal/ConnectionHandler.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core/Internal/ConnectionHandler.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Core.Internal
         public IConnectionContext OnConnection(IConnectionInformation connectionInfo)
         {
             var inputPipe = connectionInfo.PipeFactory.Create(GetInputPipeOptions(connectionInfo.InputWriterScheduler));
-            var outputPipe = connectionInfo.PipeFactory.Create(GetOutputPipeOptions(connectionInfo.OutputWriterScheduler));
+            var outputPipe = connectionInfo.PipeFactory.Create(GetOutputPipeOptions(connectionInfo.OutputReaderScheduler));
 
             var connectionId = CorrelationIdGenerator.GetNextId();
 
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Abstractions/IConnectionInformation.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Abstractions/IConnectionInformation.cs
index ee02110c0a..f0d4da9085 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Abstractions/IConnectionInformation.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Abstractions/IConnectionInformation.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Abstractions
 
         PipeFactory PipeFactory { get; }
         IScheduler InputWriterScheduler { get; }
-        IScheduler OutputWriterScheduler { get; }
+        IScheduler OutputReaderScheduler { get; }
 
         // TODO: Remove timeout management from transport
         ITimeoutControl TimeoutControl { get; }
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv/Internal/LibuvConnectionContext.cs b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv/Internal/LibuvConnectionContext.cs
index b1a198c8f8..e20796289d 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv/Internal/LibuvConnectionContext.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv/Internal/LibuvConnectionContext.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Transport.Libuv.Internal
 
         public PipeFactory PipeFactory => ListenerContext.Thread.PipelineFactory;
         public IScheduler InputWriterScheduler => ListenerContext.Thread;
-        public IScheduler OutputWriterScheduler => ListenerContext.Thread;
+        public IScheduler OutputReaderScheduler => ListenerContext.Thread;
 
         public ITimeoutControl TimeoutControl { get; set; }
     }
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Mocks/MockConnectionInformation.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Mocks/MockConnectionInformation.cs
index 744ab1a601..6429e94220 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Mocks/MockConnectionInformation.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance/Mocks/MockConnectionInformation.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.Kestrel.Performance
 
         public PipeFactory PipeFactory { get; }
         public IScheduler InputWriterScheduler { get; }
-        public IScheduler OutputWriterScheduler { get; }
+        public IScheduler OutputReaderScheduler { get; }
 
         public ITimeoutControl TimeoutControl { get; } = new MockTimeoutControl();
 
diff --git a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests/FrameTests.cs b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests/FrameTests.cs
index f4fd2ae784..45949cb5f2 100644
--- a/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests/FrameTests.cs
+++ b/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests/FrameTests.cs
@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Server.KestrelTests
             public IPEndPoint LocalEndPoint { get; }
             public PipeFactory PipeFactory { get; }
             public IScheduler InputWriterScheduler { get; }
-            public IScheduler OutputWriterScheduler { get; }
+            public IScheduler OutputReaderScheduler { get; }
             public ITimeoutControl TimeoutControl { get; set; } = Mock.Of<ITimeoutControl>();
         }
     }