--- httplib.py.orig	2006-05-11 11:25:32.000000000 +0200
+++ httplib.py	2006-05-11 13:45:07.000000000 +0200
@@ -970,6 +970,7 @@
             self._shared.decref()
             self._closed = 1
             self._shared = None
+            self._ssl = None
 
 class SSLFile(SharedSocketClient):
     """File-like object wrapping an SSL socket."""
@@ -1085,6 +1086,7 @@
     def close(self):
         SharedSocketClient.close(self)
         self._sock = self.__class__._closedsocket()
+        self._ssl = None
 
     def makefile(self, mode, bufsize=None):
         if mode != 'r' and mode != 'rb':