3 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/mingw.h b/include/mingw.h
index fa8f705b0..e2d6299b9 100644
--- a/include/mingw.h
+++ b/include/mingw.h
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ void qsort_string_vector_case(char **sv, unsigned count) FAST_FUNC;
  */
 
 const char *get_busybox_exec_path(void);
+void init_winsock(void);
 void init_codepage(void);
 
 int has_bat_suffix(const char *p);
diff --git a/networking/ssl_client.c b/networking/ssl_client.c
index cd0ee5722..27575a2bf 100644
--- a/networking/ssl_client.c
+++ b/networking/ssl_client.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ int ssl_client_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         else {
                 if (!hstr || sscanf(hstr, "%p", &h) != 1)
                         bb_error_msg_and_die("invalid handle");
+                init_winsock();
                 tls->ifd = tls->ofd = _open_osfhandle((intptr_t)h, _O_RDWR|_O_BINARY);
         }
 #endif
diff --git a/win32/net.c b/win32/net.c
index 880b807b7..33dc837fa 100644
--- a/win32/net.c
+++ b/win32/net.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ int inet_aton(const char *cp, struct in_addr *inp)
         return 1;
 }
 
-static void init_winsock(void)
+void init_winsock(void)
 {
         WSADATA wsa;
         static int initialized = 0;
@@ -134,8 +134,10 @@ int mingw_accept(int sockfd1, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *sz)
 #undef getpeername
 int mingw_getpeername(int fd, struct sockaddr *sa, socklen_t *sz)
 {
-        SOCKET sock = (SOCKET)_get_osfhandle(fd);
+        SOCKET sock;
 
+        init_winsock();
+        sock = (SOCKET)_get_osfhandle(fd);
         if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET) {
                 errno = EBADF;
                 return -1;