diff --git a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SSLManager.cpp b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SSLManager.cpp
index bdc42dc5ac..14048fa593 100644
--- a/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SSLManager.cpp
+++ b/NetSSL_OpenSSL/src/SSLManager.cpp
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ const bool        SSLManager::VAL_FIPS_MODE(false);
 
 
 SSLManager::SSLManager():
-	_contextIndex(SSL_CTX_get_ex_new_index(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL))
+	_contextIndex(SSL_CTX_get_ex_new_index(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL)),
+	_socketIndex(SSL_get_ex_new_index(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL))
 {
 }