diff -up curl-7.19.4/lib/easy.c.easy-leak curl-7.19.4/lib/easy.c
--- curl-7.19.4/lib/easy.c.easy-leak	2009-01-29 21:41:51.000000000 +0100
+++ curl-7.19.4/lib/easy.c	2009-03-03 07:54:58.000000000 +0100
@@ -352,13 +352,11 @@ CURL *curl_easy_init(void)
   struct SessionHandle *data;
 
   /* Make sure we inited the global SSL stuff */
-  if(!initialized) {
-    res = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
-    if(res) {
-      /* something in the global init failed, return nothing */
-      DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "Error: curl_global_init failed\n"));
-      return NULL;
-    }
+  res = curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
+  if(res) {
+    /* something in the global init failed, return nothing */
+    DEBUGF(fprintf(stderr, "Error: curl_global_init failed\n"));
+    return NULL;
   }
 
   /* We use curl_open() with undefined URL so far */
@@ -549,10 +547,10 @@ void curl_easy_cleanup(CURL *curl)
 {
   struct SessionHandle *data = (struct SessionHandle *)curl;
 
-  if(!data)
-    return;
+  if(data)
+    Curl_close(data);
 
-  Curl_close(data);
+  curl_global_cleanup();
 }
 
 /*