diff --git a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
index 2b360a7e5..0001a5e4d 100644
--- a/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
+++ b/fhem/FHEM/HttpUtils.pm
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ HttpUtils_Connect2NonblockingSSL($$)
                  "$! ".($SSL_ERROR ? $SSL_ERROR : IO::Socket::SSL::errstr()));
     }
 
-    $hash->{hu_sslAdded} = 1;
+    $hash->{hu_sslAdded} = $hash->{keepalive} ? 1 : 2;
     return HttpUtils_Connect2($hash); # Continue with HTML-Processing
   };
 
@@ -591,6 +591,9 @@ HttpUtils_Connect2($)
     }
   }
 
+  delete($hash->{hu_sslAdded}) # Coming from HttpUtils_Connect2NonblockingSSL
+    if($hash->{hu_sslAdded} && $hash->{hu_sslAdded} == 2);
+
   if(!$hash->{conn}) {
     undef $hash->{conn};
     my $err = $@;