diff --git a/crypto/conf/conf_sap.c b/crypto/conf/conf_sap.c
index 544fe97387..c042cf222d 100644
--- a/crypto/conf/conf_sap.c
+++ b/crypto/conf/conf_sap.c
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ void OPENSSL_config(const char *config_name)
     CONF_modules_load_file(NULL, config_name,
                                CONF_MFLAGS_DEFAULT_SECTION |
                                CONF_MFLAGS_IGNORE_MISSING_FILE);
+    openssl_configured = 1;
 }
 
 void OPENSSL_no_config()