diff --git a/ssl/ssl_lib.c b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
index 3d20305170..aaedb4ae94 100644
--- a/ssl/ssl_lib.c
+++ b/ssl/ssl_lib.c
@@ -1770,6 +1770,8 @@ static int ssl_start_async_job(SSL *s, struct ssl_async_args *args,
                  (s->waitctx, ssl_async_wait_ctx_cb, s))
             return -1;
     }
+
+    s->rwstate = SSL_NOTHING;
     switch (ASYNC_start_job(&s->job, s->waitctx, &ret, func, args,
                             sizeof(struct ssl_async_args))) {
     case ASYNC_ERR: