diff --git a/lib/ftp.c b/lib/ftp.c
index a2c8455c71..0edcd05f08 100644
--- a/lib/ftp.c
+++ b/lib/ftp.c
@@ -481,8 +481,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_ftp_connect(struct connectdata *conn)
   if(conn->protocol & PROT_FTPS) {
     /* FTPS is simply ftp with SSL for the control channel */
     /* now, perform the SSL initialization for this socket */
-    if(Curl_SSLConnect(conn))
-      return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
+    result = Curl_SSLConnect(conn);
+    if(result)
+      return result;
   }
 
 
diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
index 4984d684dd..3aba7aaddc 100644
--- a/lib/http.c
+++ b/lib/http.c
@@ -336,8 +336,9 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_connect(struct connectdata *conn)
     }
 
     /* now, perform the SSL initialization for this socket */
-    if(Curl_SSLConnect(conn))
-      return CURLE_SSL_CONNECT_ERROR;
+    result = Curl_SSLConnect(conn);
+    if(result)
+      return result;
   }
 
   if(conn->bits.user_passwd && !data->bits.this_is_a_follow) {