diff --git a/lib/ssh.c b/lib/ssh.c
index 93b534b90..c0e1bc644 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.c
+++ b/lib/ssh.c
@@ -330,6 +330,7 @@ static void state(struct connectdata *conn, sshstate nowstate)
   /* for debug purposes */
   static const char * const names[] = {
     "SSH_STOP",
+    "SSH_INIT",
     "SSH_S_STARTUP",
     "SSH_HOSTKEY",
     "SSH_AUTHLIST",
@@ -653,11 +654,19 @@ static CURLcode ssh_statemach_act(struct connectdata *conn, bool *block)
   do {
 
     switch(sshc->state) {
-    case SSH_S_STARTUP:
+    case SSH_INIT:
       sshc->secondCreateDirs = 0;
       sshc->nextstate = SSH_NO_STATE;
       sshc->actualcode = CURLE_OK;
 
+      /* Set libssh2 to non-blocking, since everything internally is
+         non-blocking */
+      libssh2_session_set_blocking(sshc->ssh_session, 0);
+
+      state(conn, SSH_S_STARTUP);
+      /* fall-through */
+
+    case SSH_S_STARTUP:
       rc = libssh2_session_startup(sshc->ssh_session, sock);
       if(rc == LIBSSH2_ERROR_EAGAIN) {
         break;
@@ -669,10 +678,6 @@ static CURLcode ssh_statemach_act(struct connectdata *conn, bool *block)
         break;
       }
 
-      /* Set libssh2 to non-blocking, since everything internally is
-         non-blocking */
-      libssh2_session_set_blocking(sshc->ssh_session, 0);
-
       state(conn, SSH_HOSTKEY);
 
       /* fall-through */
@@ -2654,7 +2659,7 @@ static CURLcode ssh_connect(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done)
   infof(data, "SSH socket: %d\n", (int)sock);
 #endif /* CURL_LIBSSH2_DEBUG */
 
-  state(conn, SSH_S_STARTUP);
+  state(conn, SSH_INIT);
 
   if(data->state.used_interface == Curl_if_multi)
     result = ssh_multi_statemach(conn, done);
diff --git a/lib/ssh.h b/lib/ssh.h
index 406220cc4..6257b96fc 100644
--- a/lib/ssh.h
+++ b/lib/ssh.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2010, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2011, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
  *
  * This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
  * you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ typedef enum {
   SSH_NO_STATE = -1,  /* Used for "nextState" so say there is none */
   SSH_STOP = 0,       /* do nothing state, stops the state machine */
 
-  SSH_S_STARTUP,      /* Session startup, First state in SSH-CONNECT */
+  SSH_INIT,           /* First state in SSH-CONNECT */
+  SSH_S_STARTUP,      /* Session startup */
   SSH_HOSTKEY,        /* verify hostkey */
   SSH_AUTHLIST,
   SSH_AUTH_PKEY_INIT,