diff -ru mysql-5.0.51.org/vio/viossl.c mysql-5.0.51/vio/viossl.c
--- mysql-5.0.51.org/vio/viossl.c	2007-11-15 15:07:13.000000000 +0100
+++ mysql-5.0.51/vio/viossl.c	2007-12-19 15:21:53.211570804 +0100
@@ -199,6 +199,9 @@
     vio_blocking(vio, was_blocking, &unused);
     DBUG_RETURN(1);
   }
+
+  SSL_set_connect_state(ssl);
+
   DBUG_PRINT("info", ("ssl: 0x%lx timeout: %ld", (long) ssl, timeout));
   SSL_clear(ssl);
   SSL_SESSION_set_timeout(SSL_get_session(ssl), timeout);