diff --git a/lib/gtls.c b/lib/gtls.c
index 3b4dc40a3479f217679b93f4a6e255e4449105b0..f5f95aef8ffc88119d7ac9db3e459cf530aea1b4 100644
--- a/lib/gtls.c
+++ b/lib/gtls.c
@@ -309,10 +309,11 @@ static CURLcode handshake(struct connectdata *conn,
       failf(data, "gnutls_handshake() failed: %s", gnutls_strerror(rc));
       return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
     }
-
-    /* Reset our connect state machine */
-    connssl->connecting_state = ssl_connect_1;
-    return CURLE_OK;
+    else {
+      /* Reset our connect state machine */
+      connssl->connecting_state = ssl_connect_1;
+      return CURLE_OK;
+    }
   }
 }