diff --git a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
index 49cedfbbd..eae05936a 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
+++ b/libretroshare/src/pqi/pqissl.cc
@@ -1548,6 +1548,7 @@ int 	pqissl::senddata(void *data, int len)
 #ifdef PQISSL_DEBUG
 	std::cout << "Sending data thread=" << pthread_self() << ", ssl=" << (void*)this << ", size=" << len << std::endl ;
 #endif
+    	ERR_clear_error();
 	tmppktlen = SSL_write(ssl_connection, data, len) ;
 
 	if (len != tmppktlen)
@@ -1638,6 +1639,8 @@ int 	pqissl::readdata(void *data, int len)
 #ifdef PQISSL_DEBUG
 		std::cerr << "calling SSL_read. len=" << len << ", total_len=" << total_len << std::endl ;
 #endif
+        		ERR_clear_error() ;
+                
 		tmppktlen = SSL_read(ssl_connection, (void*)( &(((uint8_t*)data)[total_len])), len-total_len) ;
 #ifdef PQISSL_DEBUG
 		std::cerr << "have read " << tmppktlen << " bytes" << std::endl ;