diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 11831157..b7d4e3e4 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2001-12-13  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
+
+	* http.c (gethttp): Check for conn->scheme, not u->scheme, before
+	calling ssl_iwrite.
+
 2001-12-13  Hrvoje Niksic  <hniksic@arsdigita.com>
 
 	* version.c: Wget 1.8.1-pre1 is released.
diff --git a/src/http.c b/src/http.c
index 95bb31ea..ad354eed 100644
--- a/src/http.c
+++ b/src/http.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ Accept: %s\r\n\
 
   /* Send the request to server.  */
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  if (u->scheme == SCHEME_HTTPS)
+  if (conn->scheme == SCHEME_HTTPS)
     num_written = ssl_iwrite (ssl, request, strlen (request));
   else
 #endif /* HAVE_SSL */
@@ -880,7 +880,7 @@ Accept: %s\r\n\
   /* Before reading anything, initialize the rbuf.  */
   rbuf_initialize (&rbuf, sock);
 #ifdef HAVE_SSL
-  if (u->scheme == SCHEME_HTTPS)
+  if (conn->scheme == SCHEME_HTTPS)
     rbuf.ssl = ssl;
   else
     rbuf.ssl = NULL;