diff --git a/src/transports/http.c b/src/transports/http.c
index 4070b683a..234ee229f 100644
--- a/src/transports/http.c
+++ b/src/transports/http.c
@@ -1009,6 +1009,7 @@ static int http_close(git_smart_subtransport *subtransport)
 	git_vector_clear(&t->auth_contexts);
 
 	gitno_connection_data_free_ptrs(&t->connection_data);
+	memset(&t->connection_data, 0x0, sizeof(gitno_connection_data));
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/tests/online/fetch.c b/tests/online/fetch.c
index ec16dd2fd..848b87410 100644
--- a/tests/online/fetch.c
+++ b/tests/online/fetch.c
@@ -202,3 +202,14 @@ void test_online_fetch__remote_symrefs(void)
 
 	git_remote_free(remote);
 }
+
+void test_online_fetch__twice(void)
+{
+	git_remote *remote;
+
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_create(&remote, _repo, "test", "http://github.com/libgit2/TestGitRepository.git"));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_fetch(remote, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+	cl_git_pass(git_remote_fetch(remote, NULL, NULL, NULL));
+
+	git_remote_free(remote);
+}