3 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp
index 05f2f8f769..b3786f989e 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl.cpp
@@ -375,6 +375,13 @@ QSslContext* QSslContext::fromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSsl
     return sslContext;
 }
 
+QSharedPointer<QSslContext> QSslContext::sharedFromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration, bool allowRootCertOnDemandLoading)
+{
+    QSharedPointer<QSslContext> sslContext = QSharedPointer<QSslContext>::create();
+    initSslContext(sslContext.data(), mode, configuration, allowRootCertOnDemandLoading);
+    return sslContext;
+}
+
 #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x1000100fL && !defined(OPENSSL_NO_NEXTPROTONEG)
 
 static int next_proto_cb(SSL *, unsigned char **out, unsigned char *outlen,
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h b/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h
index 41800d01f9..ef4dc6f815 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslcontext_openssl_p.h
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ public:
 
     static QSslContext* fromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration,
                                           bool allowRootCertOnDemandLoading);
+    static QSharedPointer<QSslContext> sharedFromConfiguration(QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration,
+                                                               bool allowRootCertOnDemandLoading);
 
     QSslError::SslError error() const;
     QString errorString() const;
@@ -99,6 +101,7 @@ public:
 
 protected:
     QSslContext();
+    friend class QSharedPointer<QSslContext>;
 
 private:
     static void initSslContext(QSslContext* sslContext, QSslSocket::SslMode mode, const QSslConfiguration &configuration,
diff --git a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp
index 57082e247b..40ccb209fa 100644
--- a/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp
+++ b/src/network/ssl/qsslsocket_openssl.cpp
@@ -360,8 +360,7 @@ bool QSslSocketBackendPrivate::initSslContext()
         // create a deep copy of our configuration
         QSslConfigurationPrivate *configurationCopy = new QSslConfigurationPrivate(configuration);
         configurationCopy->ref.store(0);              // the QSslConfiguration constructor refs up
-        sslContextPointer = QSharedPointer<QSslContext>(
-                    QSslContext::fromConfiguration(mode, configurationCopy, allowRootCertOnDemandLoading));
+        sslContextPointer = QSslContext::sharedFromConfiguration(mode, configurationCopy, allowRootCertOnDemandLoading);
     }
 
     if (sslContextPointer->error() != QSslError::NoError) {