diff --git a/ssl/ssl_lib.c b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
index d77d340388478a2c58ba503e73bf123fc9d7f15b..fec98dd8f43d44eee71df442be777ec74a43c4a6 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ SSL *SSL_new(SSL_CTX *ctx)
 	s->server=(ctx->method->ssl_accept == ssl_undefined_function)?0:1;
 	s->options=ctx->options;
 	s->mode=ctx->mode;
+	s->read_ahead=ctx->read_ahead; /* used to happen in SSL_clear */
 	SSL_clear(s);
 
 	CRYPTO_new_ex_data(ssl_meth,s,&s->ex_data);