diff --git a/src/SSLSocket.h b/src/SSLSocket.h
index f321eeb..486e115 100644
--- a/src/SSLSocket.h
+++ b/src/SSLSocket.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
 -  initWithSocket: (OFTCPSocket*)socket
    privateKeyFile: (OFString*)privateKeyFile
   certificateFile: (OFString*)certificateFile;
-/* Change the return type */
-- (SSLSocket*)accept;
+- (void)SSL_super_close;
+- (SSLSocket*)accept;	/* Changes the return type */
 - (void)setPrivateKeyFile: (OFString*)file;
 - (OFString*)privateKeyFile;
 - (void)setCertificateFile: (OFString*)file;
diff --git a/src/SSLSocket.m b/src/SSLSocket.m
index 2f1aed6..95f1ca6 100644
--- a/src/SSLSocket.m
+++ b/src/SSLSocket.m
@@ -215,11 +215,7 @@ locking_callback(int mode, int n, const char *file, int line)
 
 	if ((client->_SSL = SSL_new(ctx)) == NULL ||
 	    !SSL_set_fd(client->_SSL, client->_socket)) {
-		/* We only want to close the OFTCPSocket */
-		object_setClass(client, [OFTCPSocket class]);
-		[client close];
-		object_setClass(client, object_getClass(self));
-
+		[client SSL_super_close];
 		@throw [OFAcceptFailedException exceptionWithClass: [self class]
 							    socket: self];
 	}
@@ -234,11 +230,7 @@ locking_callback(int mode, int n, const char *file, int line)
 	    SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) || !SSL_use_certificate_file(client->_SSL,
 	    [_certificateFile cStringWithEncoding: OF_STRING_ENCODING_NATIVE],
 	    SSL_FILETYPE_PEM) || SSL_accept(client->_SSL) != 1) {
-		/* We only want to close the OFTCPSocket */
-		object_setClass(client, [OFTCPSocket class]);
-		[client close];
-		object_setClass(client, object_getClass(self));
-
+		[client SSL_super_close];
 		@throw [OFAcceptFailedException exceptionWithClass: [self class]
 							    socket: self];
 	}
@@ -254,6 +246,11 @@ locking_callback(int mode, int n, const char *file, int line)
 	[super close];
 }
 
+- (void)SSL_super_close
+{
+	[super close];
+}
+
 - (size_t)lowlevelReadIntoBuffer: (void*)buffer
 			  length: (size_t)length
 {