diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index a17af5a21..00520873c 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -958,9 +958,16 @@ CURLMcode Curl_multi_add_perform(struct Curl_multi *multi,
 
   rc = curl_multi_add_handle(multi, data);
   if(!rc) {
+    struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;
+
+    /* pass in NULL for 'conn' here since we don't want to init the
+       connection, only this transfer */
+    Curl_init_do(data, NULL);
+
     /* take this handle to the perform state right away */
     multistate(data, CURLM_STATE_PERFORM);
     data->easy_conn = conn;
+    k->keepon |= KEEP_RECV; /* setup to receive! */
   }
   return rc;
 }
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index 17279bbe0..4e9495251 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ find_oldest_idle_connection_in_bundle(struct SessionHandle *data,
                                       struct connectbundle *bundle);
 static void conn_free(struct connectdata *conn);
 static void signalPipeClose(struct curl_llist *pipeline, bool pipe_broke);
-static CURLcode do_init(struct connectdata *conn);
 static CURLcode parse_url_login(struct SessionHandle *data,
                                 struct connectdata *conn,
                                 char **userptr, char **passwdptr,
@@ -5651,7 +5650,7 @@ static CURLcode create_conn(struct SessionHandle *data,
     }
 
     /* since we skip do_init() */
-    do_init(conn);
+    Curl_init_do(data, conn);
 
     goto out;
   }
@@ -5830,7 +5829,7 @@ static CURLcode create_conn(struct SessionHandle *data,
   conn->inuse = TRUE;
 
   /* Setup and init stuff before DO starts, in preparing for the transfer. */
-  do_init(conn);
+  Curl_init_do(data, conn);
 
   /*
    * Setup whatever necessary for a resumed transfer
@@ -6112,20 +6111,24 @@ CURLcode Curl_done(struct connectdata **connp,
 }
 
 /*
- * do_init() inits the readwrite session. This is inited each time (in the DO
- * function before the protocol-specific DO functions are invoked) for a
- * transfer, sometimes multiple times on the same SessionHandle. Make sure
+ * Curl_init_do() inits the readwrite session. This is inited each time (in
+ * the DO function before the protocol-specific DO functions are invoked) for
+ * a transfer, sometimes multiple times on the same SessionHandle. Make sure
  * nothing in here depends on stuff that are setup dynamically for the
  * transfer.
+ *
+ * Allow this function to get called with 'conn' set to NULL.
  */
 
-static CURLcode do_init(struct connectdata *conn)
+CURLcode Curl_init_do(struct SessionHandle *data, struct connectdata *conn)
 {
-  struct SessionHandle *data = conn->data;
   struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;
 
+  if(conn)
+    conn->bits.do_more = FALSE; /* by default there's no curl_do_more() to
+                                 * use */
+
   data->state.done = FALSE; /* Curl_done() is not called yet */
-  conn->bits.do_more = FALSE; /* by default there's no curl_do_more() to use */
   data->state.expect100header = FALSE;
 
   if(data->set.opt_no_body)
diff --git a/lib/url.h b/lib/url.h
index e49b7724d..f9667cbc3 100644
--- a/lib/url.h
+++ b/lib/url.h
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
  *                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
  *
- * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2013, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+ * Copyright (C) 1998 - 2015, 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
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
  * Prototypes for library-wide functions provided by url.c
  */
 
+CURLcode Curl_init_do(struct SessionHandle *data, struct connectdata *conn);
 CURLcode Curl_open(struct SessionHandle **curl);
 CURLcode Curl_init_userdefined(struct UserDefined *set);
 CURLcode Curl_setopt(struct SessionHandle *data, CURLoption option,