diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index decdbc443..70a406078 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -107,6 +107,16 @@ static const char * const statename[]={
 /* function pointer called once when switching TO a state */
 typedef void (*init_multistate_func)(struct Curl_easy *data);
 
+static void Curl_init_completed(struct Curl_easy *data)
+{
+  /* this is a completed transfer */
+
+  /* Important: reset the conn pointer so that we don't point to memory
+     that could be freed anytime */
+  data->easy_conn = NULL;
+  Curl_expire_clear(data); /* stop all timers */
+}
+
 /* always use this function to change state, to make debugging easier */
 static void mstate(struct Curl_easy *data, CURLMstate state
 #ifdef DEBUGBUILD
@@ -116,17 +126,25 @@ static void mstate(struct Curl_easy *data, CURLMstate state
 {
   CURLMstate oldstate = data->mstate;
   static const init_multistate_func finit[CURLM_STATE_LAST] = {
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
+    NULL,              /* INIT */
+    NULL,              /* CONNECT_PEND */
     Curl_init_CONNECT, /* CONNECT */
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    NULL,
-    Curl_connect_free /* DO */
-    /* the rest is NULL too */
+    NULL,              /* WAITRESOLVE */
+    NULL,              /* WAITCONNECT */
+    NULL,              /* WAITPROXYCONNECT */
+    NULL,              /* SENDPROTOCONNECT */
+    NULL,              /* PROTOCONNECT */
+    NULL,              /* WAITDO */
+    Curl_connect_free, /* DO */
+    NULL,              /* DOING */
+    NULL,              /* DO_MORE */
+    NULL,              /* DO_DONE */
+    NULL,              /* WAITPERFORM */
+    NULL,              /* PERFORM */
+    NULL,              /* TOOFAST */
+    NULL,              /* DONE */
+    Curl_init_completed, /* COMPLETED */
+    NULL               /* MSGSENT */
   };
 
 #if defined(DEBUGBUILD) && defined(CURL_DISABLE_VERBOSE_STRINGS)
@@ -2062,16 +2080,6 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
       break;
 
     case CURLM_STATE_COMPLETED:
-      /* this is a completed transfer, it is likely to still be connected */
-
-      /* This node should be delinked from the list now and we should post
-         an information message that we are complete. */
-
-      /* Important: reset the conn pointer so that we don't point to memory
-         that could be freed anytime */
-      data->easy_conn = NULL;
-
-      Curl_expire_clear(data); /* stop all timers */
       break;
 
     case CURLM_STATE_MSGSENT:
@@ -2123,6 +2131,7 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
         }
 
         multistate(data, CURLM_STATE_COMPLETED);
+        rc = CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM;
       }
       /* if there's still a connection to use, call the progress function */
       else if(data->easy_conn && Curl_pgrsUpdate(data->easy_conn)) {
@@ -2147,14 +2156,12 @@ static CURLMcode multi_runsingle(struct Curl_multi *multi,
       msg->extmsg.data.result = result;
 
       rc = multi_addmsg(multi, msg);
-
+      DEBUGASSERT(!data->easy_conn);
       multistate(data, CURLM_STATE_MSGSENT);
     }
   } while((rc == CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM) || multi_ischanged(multi, FALSE));
 
   data->result = result;
-
-
   return rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/libtest/libntlmconnect.c b/tests/libtest/libntlmconnect.c
index 59f94b68a..519c5296e 100644
--- a/tests/libtest/libntlmconnect.c
+++ b/tests/libtest/libntlmconnect.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 2012 - 2017, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 2012 - 2018, 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
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ int test(char *url)
 
     multi_perform(multi, &running);
 
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d running %ld state %d\n",
+            __FILE__, __LINE__, running, state);
+
     abort_on_test_timeout();
 
     if(!running && state == NoMoreHandles)
@@ -179,14 +182,16 @@ int test(char *url)
       }
       state = num_handles < MAX_EASY_HANDLES ? ReadyForNewHandle
                                              : NoMoreHandles;
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d new state %d\n",
+              __FILE__, __LINE__, state);
     }
 
     multi_timeout(multi, &timeout);
 
     /* At this point, timeout is guaranteed to be greater or equal than -1. */
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d num_handles %d timeout %ld\n",
-            __FILE__, __LINE__, num_handles, timeout);
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d num_handles %d timeout %ld running %d\n",
+            __FILE__, __LINE__, num_handles, timeout, running);
 
     if(timeout != -1L) {
       int itimeout = (timeout > (long)INT_MAX) ? INT_MAX : (int)timeout;
@@ -194,8 +199,8 @@ int test(char *url)
       interval.tv_usec = (itimeout%1000)*1000;
     }
     else {
-      interval.tv_sec = TEST_HANG_TIMEOUT/1000 + 1;
-      interval.tv_usec = 0;
+      interval.tv_sec = 0;
+      interval.tv_usec = 5000;
 
       /* if there's no timeout and we get here on the last handle, we may
          already have read the last part of the stream so waiting makes no