diff --git a/src/openvpn/ssl.c b/src/openvpn/ssl.c
index 5e6205cc2fb..c4420b2ed30 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/ssl.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/ssl.c
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #include "dco.h"
 
 #include "memdbg.h"
+#include "openvpn.h"
 
 #ifdef MEASURE_TLS_HANDSHAKE_STATS
 
@@ -1312,6 +1313,7 @@ tls_multi_init(struct tls_options *tls_options)
     /* get command line derived options */
     ret->opt = *tls_options;
     ret->dco_peer_id = -1;
+    ret->peer_id = MAX_PEER_ID;
 
     return ret;
 }