diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index e9931ae04..bacd94f8b 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -1890,31 +1890,11 @@ static CURLcode ftp_state_pasv_resp(struct connectdata *conn,
     /* this just dumps information about this second connection */
     ftp_pasv_verbose(conn, conninfo, newhost, connectport);
 
-  switch(data->set.proxytype) {
-#ifndef CURL_DISABLE_PROXY
-  case CURLPROXY_SOCKS5:
-  case CURLPROXY_SOCKS5_HOSTNAME:
-    result = Curl_SOCKS5(conn->proxyuser, conn->proxypasswd, newhost, newport,
-                         SECONDARYSOCKET, conn);
-    break;
-  case CURLPROXY_SOCKS4:
-    result = Curl_SOCKS4(conn->proxyuser, newhost, newport,
-                         SECONDARYSOCKET, conn, FALSE);
-    break;
-  case CURLPROXY_SOCKS4A:
-    result = Curl_SOCKS4(conn->proxyuser, newhost, newport,
-                         SECONDARYSOCKET, conn, TRUE);
-    break;
-#endif /* CURL_DISABLE_PROXY */
-  case CURLPROXY_HTTP:
-  case CURLPROXY_HTTP_1_0:
-    /* do nothing here. handled later. */
-    break;
-  default:
-    failf(data, "unknown proxytype option given");
-    result = CURLE_COULDNT_CONNECT;
-    break;
-  }
+  /* FIX: this MUST wait for a proper connect first if 'connected' is
+     FALSE to make proxies work properly here! */
+  result = Curl_connected_proxy(conn);
+  if(result)
+    return result;
 #if !defined(CURL_DISABLE_HTTP) && !defined(CURL_DISABLE_PROXY)
   if(conn->bits.tunnel_proxy && conn->bits.httpproxy) {
     /* FIX: this MUST wait for a proper connect first if 'connected' is