diff -wubr vortex-1.1.11.b4921.g4922.orig/tls/vortex_tls.c vortex-1.1.11.b4921.g4922.new/tls/vortex_tls.c
--- vortex-1.1.11.b4921.g4922.orig/tls/vortex_tls.c     2011-12-21 13:55:22.000000000 -0500
+++ vortex-1.1.11.b4921.g4922.new/tls/vortex_tls.c      2012-05-25 00:13:47.578353694 -0400
@@ -985,9 +985,6 @@
        __vortex_connection_set_not_connected (connection_aux, 
                                               "connection instance being closed, without closing session, due to underlying TLS negotiation",
                                               VortexConnectionCloseCalled);
-       /* dealloc the connection */
-       vortex_connection_unref (connection_aux, "(vortex tls process)");
-
        /* the the connection to be blocking during the TLS
         * negotiation, once called
         * vortex_connection_parse_greetings_and_enable, the
@@ -1086,6 +1083,9 @@
                                "TLS negotiation have failed!",  user_data);
        }
 
+       /* dealloc the original connection */
+       vortex_connection_unref (connection_aux, "(vortex tls process)");
+
        return NULL;
 }