diff --git a/src/elogd.c b/src/elogd.c
index 070ee866..d37b25b4 100755
--- a/src/elogd.c
+++ b/src/elogd.c
@@ -28887,9 +28887,10 @@ void server_loop(void)
                if (SSL_accept(_ssl_con) < 0) {
                   if (is_verbose())
                      eprintf("SSL_accept failed\n");
-                  closesocket(_sock);
+                  SSL_shutdown(ka_ssl_con[i_conn]);
+                  SSL_free(ka_ssl_con[i_conn]);
                   ka_sock[i_conn] = 0;
-                  ka_ssl_con[i_conn] = _ssl_con;
+                  ka_ssl_con[i_conn] = NULL;
                   continue;
                }
             }