1 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/mingw.c b/libbb/mingw.c
index 4b267e2ba..1293dc7eb 100644
--- a/libbb/mingw.c
+++ b/libbb/mingw.c
@@ -997,16 +997,24 @@ char **env_setenv(char **env, const char *name)
         return env;
 }
 
+void winsock_init()
+{
+        static int init = 0;
+        if (!init) {
+                WSADATA wsa;
+                if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsa))
+                die("unable to initialize winsock subsystem, error %d",
+                        WSAGetLastError());
+                atexit((void(*)(void)) WSACleanup);
+                init = 1;
+        }
+}
+
 /* this is the first function to call into WS_32; initialize it */
 #undef gethostbyname
 struct hostent *mingw_gethostbyname(const char *host)
 {
-        WSADATA wsa;
-
-        if (WSAStartup(MAKEWORD(2,2), &wsa))
-                die("unable to initialize winsock subsystem, error %d",
-                        WSAGetLastError());
-        atexit((void(*)(void)) WSACleanup);
+        winsock_init();
         return gethostbyname(host);
 }