diff --git a/Changes b/Changes
index 9ad899ddf..72f803117 100644
--- a/Changes
+++ b/Changes
@@ -1289,3 +1289,4 @@
   restart, simply use: /REHASH -ssl
 - Small compile fix for above
 - Fixed /SAJOIN able to join insecure users to +z channels, reported by phedny (#0002601).
+- Fixed SSL crash problem due to previous SSL change.
diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index da165dbc3..d1e796bb9 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -287,7 +287,8 @@ void init_ssl(void)
 	ctx_server = init_ctx_server();
 	if (!ctx_server)
 		exit(7);
-	if (!init_ctx_client())
+	ctx_client = init_ctx_client();
+	if (!ctx_client)
 		exit(8);
 }