diff --git a/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py b/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py
index dbcfdab5..417c00f9 100644
--- a/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py
+++ b/gunicorn/workers/gthread.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # If no event happen after the keep alive timeout, the connectoin is
 # closed.
 
-
+from collections import deque
 import concurrent.futures as futures
 from datetime import datetime
 import errno
@@ -39,14 +39,33 @@ KEEPALIVED = 1
 
 class TConn():
 
-    def __init__(self, worker, listener, sock, addr, parser):
+    def __init__(self, cfg, listener, sock, addr):
+        self.cfg = cfg
         self.listener = listener
         self.sock = sock
         self.addr = addr
-        self.parser = parser
 
+        self.timeout = None
+        self.parser = None
+
+        # set the socket to non blocking
+        #self.sock.setblocking(False)
+
+
+    def maybe_init(self):
+        if self.parser is None:
+            # wrap the socket if needed
+            if self.cfg.is_ssl:
+                client = ssl.wrap_socket(client, server_side=True,
+                        **self.cfg.ssl_options)
+
+
+            # initialize the parser
+            self.parser = http.RequestParser(self.cfg, self.sock)
+
+    def set_timeout(self):
         # set the timeout
-        self.timeout = time.time() + worker.cfg.keepalive
+        self.timeout = time.time() + self.cfg.keepalive
 
     def __lt__(self, other):
         return self.timeout < other.timeout
@@ -65,8 +84,7 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
         self.tpool = None
         self.poller = None
         self.futures = set()
-        self._heap = []
-        self.clients = {}
+        self._keep = deque()
 
 
     def _wrap_future(self, fs, conn):
@@ -74,80 +92,48 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
         self.futures.add(fs)
         fs.add_done_callback(self.finish_request)
 
-    def _unregister_keepalive(self, conn):
-        try:
-            del self._heap[operator.indexOf(self._heap, conn)]
-        except (KeyError, IndexError, ValueError):
-            pass
-
     def init_process(self):
         self.tpool = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=self.cfg.threads)
         self.poller = selectors.DefaultSelector()
         super(ThreadWorker, self).init_process()
 
 
-    def acceptor(self, listener):
+    def accept(self, listener, *args):
         try:
             client, addr = listener.accept()
-            client.setblocking(False)
-
-            # wrap the socket if needed
-            if self.cfg.is_ssl:
-                client = ssl.wrap_socket(client, server_side=True,
-                        **self.cfg.ssl_options)
-
-            # initialise the parser
-            parser = http.RequestParser(self.cfg, client)
-
-            # register the connection
-            tconn = TConn(self, listener, client, addr, parser)
-            self.clients[client] = tconn
+            conn = TConn(self.cfg, listener, client, addr)
 
             # wait for the read event to handle the connection
             self.poller.register(client, selectors.EVENT_READ,
-                    self.handle_client)
+                    (self.handle_client, (conn,)))
 
         except socket.error as e:
             if e.args[0] not in (errno.EAGAIN,
                     errno.ECONNABORTED, errno.EWOULDBLOCK):
                 raise
 
-    def handle_client(self, client):
+    def handle_client(self, client, conn):
         # unregister the client from the poller
         self.poller.unregister(client)
 
-        try:
-            conn = self.clients[client]
+        # submit the connection to a worker
+        fs = self.tpool.submit(self.handle, conn)
+        self.idle_workers += 1
+        self._wrap_future(fs, conn)
 
-            # maybe unregister the keepalive from the heap
-            self._unregister_keepalive(conn)
-
-            # submit the connection to a worker
-            fs = self.tpool.submit(self.handle, conn)
-            self.idle_workers += 1
-            self._wrap_future(fs, conn)
-
-        except KeyError:
-            # no connection registered
-            return
 
     def murder_keepalived(self):
         now = time.time()
         while True:
-            if not len(self._heap):
+            if not len(self._keep):
                 break
 
-            conn = heapq.heappop(self._heap)
-            delta = conn.timeout - now
+            delta = self._keep[0].timeout - now
             if delta > 0:
-                heapq.heappush(self._heap, conn)
                 break
             else:
-                # make sure the connection can't be handled
-                try:
-                    del self.clients[conn.sock]
-                except KeyError:
-                    pass
+                # remove the connection from the queue
+                conn = self._keep.popleft()
 
                 # remove the socket from the poller
                 self.poller.unregister(conn.sock)
@@ -155,13 +141,12 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
                 # close the socket
                 util.close(conn.sock)
 
-
-
     def run(self):
         # init listeners, add them to the event loop
         for s in self.sockets:
             s.setblocking(False)
-            self.poller.register(s, selectors.EVENT_READ, self.acceptor)
+            self.poller.register(s, selectors.EVENT_READ,
+                    (self.accept,()))
 
         while self.alive:
             # If our parent changed then we shut down.
@@ -174,8 +159,8 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
 
             events = self.poller.select(1.0)
             for key, mask in events:
-                callback = key.data
-                callback(key.fileobj)
+                (callback, args) = key.data
+                callback(key.fileobj, *args)
 
             # hanle keepalive timeouts
             self.murder_keepalived()
@@ -217,17 +202,13 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
                 conn.sock.setblocking(False)
 
                 # register the connection
-                heapq.heappush(self._heap, conn)
+                conn.set_timeout()
+                self._keep.append(conn)
 
                 # add the socket to the event loop
                 self.poller.register(conn.sock, selectors.EVENT_READ,
-                        self.handle_client)
+                        (self.handle_client, (conn,)))
             else:
-                try:
-                    del self.clients[conn.sock]
-                except KeyError:
-                    pass
-
                 util.close(fs.conn.sock)
         except:
             # an exception happened, make sure to close the
@@ -239,6 +220,13 @@ class ThreadWorker(base.Worker):
             self.idle_workers -= 1
 
     def handle(self, conn):
+        try:
+            self._keep.remove(conn)
+        except ValueError:
+            pass
+
+        conn.maybe_init()
+
         keepalive = False
         req = None
         try: