diff --git a/lib/vtls/openssl.c b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
index 271643e46d..604478cce6 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/openssl.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/openssl.c
@@ -3756,6 +3756,11 @@ CURLcode Curl_ossl_ctx_init(struct ossl_ctx *octx,
           ossl_strerror(ERR_peek_error(), error_buffer, sizeof(error_buffer)));
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
   }
+#ifdef OPENSSL_HAS_PROVIDERS
+  if(data->state.libctx)
+    /* forbid connection reuse with provider/engine use */
+    connclose(data->conn);
+#endif
 
   if(cb_setup) {
     result = cb_setup(cf, data, cb_user_data);