1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/openssl.c b/src/openssl.c
index 5507762..f0d2a38 100644
--- a/src/openssl.c
+++ b/src/openssl.c
@@ -1191,6 +1191,9 @@ static _Bool auxL_newclass(lua_State *L, const char *name, const auxL_Reg *metho
         _Bool fresh = auxL_newmetatable(L, name, reset);
         int n;
 
+        if (!reset && !fresh)
+                return fresh;
+
         auxL_setfuncs(L, metamethods, 0);
 
         if ((n = auxL_liblen(methods))) {