diff --git a/lib/sslgen.c b/lib/sslgen.c
index a8f4e25398408794c21fe26e162576dde37c316e..42adbc8033d14992ec59ffa8621b0ee7929935bc 100644
--- a/lib/sslgen.c
+++ b/lib/sslgen.c
@@ -248,11 +248,13 @@ Curl_ssl_connect_nonblocking(struct connectdata *conn, int sockindex,
 #else
 #ifdef USE_QSOSSL
   *done = TRUE; /* fallback to BLOCKING */
+  conn->ssl[sockindex].use = TRUE;
   return Curl_qsossl_connect(conn, sockindex);
 #else
   /* not implemented!
      fallback to BLOCKING call. */
   *done = TRUE;
+  conn->ssl[sockindex].use = TRUE;
   return Curl_ssl_connect(conn, sockindex);
 #endif /* USE_QSOSSL */
 #endif /* USE_NSS */