1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/sslutils.c b/plugins/sslutils.c
index 84a1c8fc..8d2e93c7 100644
--- a/plugins/sslutils.c
+++ b/plugins/sslutils.c
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
 static SSL_CTX *c=NULL;
 static SSL *s=NULL;
+static int initialized=0;
 
 int np_net_ssl_init (int sd){
-                SSL_METHOD *m=NULL;
-                /* Initialize SSL context */
-                SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms ();
-                m = SSLv23_client_method ();
-                SSL_load_error_strings ();
-                OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms();
-                if ((c = SSL_CTX_new (m)) == NULL) {
+                if (!initialized) {
+                        /* Initialize SSL context */
+                        SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms ();
+                        SSL_load_error_strings ();
+                        OpenSSL_add_all_algorithms ();
+                        initialized = 1;
+                }
+                if ((c = SSL_CTX_new (SSLv23_client_method ())) == NULL) {
                                 printf ("%s\n", _("CRITICAL - Cannot create SSL context."));
                                 return STATE_CRITICAL;
                 }