diff --git a/lib/multi.c b/lib/multi.c
index 722cd8625..2cb46ceec 100644
--- a/lib/multi.c
+++ b/lib/multi.c
@@ -637,8 +637,10 @@ static int waitconnect_getsock(struct connectdata *conn,
 
   /* when we've sent a CONNECT to a proxy, we should rather wait for the
      socket to become readable to be able to get the response headers */
-  if(conn->tunnel_state[FIRSTSOCKET] == TUNNEL_CONNECT)
+  if(conn->tunnel_state[FIRSTSOCKET] == TUNNEL_CONNECT) {
+    sock[0] = conn->sock[FIRSTSOCKET];
     return GETSOCK_READSOCK(0);
+  }
 
   return rc;
 }