diff --git a/include/openssl/ssl.h b/include/openssl/ssl.h
index d6f6149b..008a90fa 100644
--- a/include/openssl/ssl.h
+++ b/include/openssl/ssl.h
@@ -1854,9 +1854,6 @@ OPENSSL_EXPORT unsigned long SSL_CTX_sess_set_cache_size(SSL_CTX *ctx,
 // session cache.
 OPENSSL_EXPORT unsigned long SSL_CTX_sess_get_cache_size(const SSL_CTX *ctx);
 
-// SSL_CTX_sessions returns |ctx|'s internal session cache.
-OPENSSL_EXPORT LHASH_OF(SSL_SESSION) *SSL_CTX_sessions(SSL_CTX *ctx);
-
 // SSL_CTX_sess_number returns the number of sessions in |ctx|'s internal
 // session cache.
 OPENSSL_EXPORT size_t SSL_CTX_sess_number(const SSL_CTX *ctx);
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_lib.cc b/ssl/ssl_lib.cc
index 9c551c2a..607bf07d 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_lib.cc
+++ b/ssl/ssl_lib.cc
@@ -1566,9 +1566,8 @@ int SSL_get_secure_renegotiation_support(const SSL *ssl) {
          ssl->s3->send_connection_binding;
 }
 
-LHASH_OF(SSL_SESSION) *SSL_CTX_sessions(SSL_CTX *ctx) { return ctx->sessions; }
-
 size_t SSL_CTX_sess_number(const SSL_CTX *ctx) {
+  MutexReadLock lock(const_cast<CRYPTO_MUTEX *>(&ctx->lock));
   return lh_SSL_SESSION_num_items(ctx->sessions);
 }
 
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_session.cc b/ssl/ssl_session.cc
index 64998d8e..6c9db80c 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_session.cc
+++ b/ssl/ssl_session.cc
@@ -1041,7 +1041,8 @@ int SSL_CTX_add_session(SSL_CTX *ctx, SSL_SESSION *session) {
 
   // Enforce any cache size limits.
   if (SSL_CTX_sess_get_cache_size(ctx) > 0) {
-    while (SSL_CTX_sess_number(ctx) > SSL_CTX_sess_get_cache_size(ctx)) {
+    while (lh_SSL_SESSION_num_items(ctx->sessions) >
+           SSL_CTX_sess_get_cache_size(ctx)) {
       if (!remove_session_lock(ctx, ctx->session_cache_tail, 0)) {
         break;
       }
diff --git a/ssl/ssl_test.cc b/ssl/ssl_test.cc
index 88d8e3f8..2ee01248 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_test.cc
+++ b/ssl/ssl_test.cc
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static bool CacheEquals(SSL_CTX *ctx,
 
   // Check the hash table.
   std::vector<SSL_SESSION*> actual, expected_copy;
-  lh_SSL_SESSION_doall_arg(SSL_CTX_sessions(ctx), AppendSession, &actual);
+  lh_SSL_SESSION_doall_arg(ctx->sessions, AppendSession, &actual);
   expected_copy = expected;
 
   std::sort(actual.begin(), actual.end());