diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
index 2bf211f7..d8580759 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/common.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class DownloaderBase():
 
     def __init__(self, job):
         self.out = job.out
+        self.session = job.extractor.session
         self.part = self.config("part", True)
         self.partdir = self.config("part-directory")
         self.log = job.get_logger("downloader." + self.scheme)
diff --git a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
index 01edcf81..6644827c 100644
--- a/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
+++ b/gallery_dl/downloader/http.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ class HttpDownloader(DownloaderBase):
     def __init__(self, job):
         DownloaderBase.__init__(self, job)
         extractor = job.extractor
-        self.session = extractor.session
         self.chunk_size = 16384
         self.downloading = False