diff --git a/libraries/libldap/init.c b/libraries/libldap/init.c
index ec2ca209295139cb9e2325a335a5475b1d7795cf..4e45c7554ad7bbce9311d9ab2f3eb29ac6f78807 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/init.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/init.c
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ void ldap_int_initialize( void )
 	}
 
 	ldap_int_utils_init();
+	if ( ldap_int_tblsize == 0 )
+		ldap_int_ip_init();
 
 	gopts.ldo_version =	LDAP_VERSION2;
 	gopts.ldo_deref =	LDAP_DEREF_NEVER;
diff --git a/libraries/libldap/os-ip.c b/libraries/libldap/os-ip.c
index b17e71a58fd78657f56154c5ff8152dd75ce43c2..75c3a7277c154247ea1608981ae42b6004da12ec 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/os-ip.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/os-ip.c
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 
 #include "ldap-int.h"
 
+int ldap_int_tblsize = 0;
+
+
 int
 ldap_connect_to_host( Sockbuf *sb, const char *host, unsigned long address,
 	int port, int async )
@@ -301,34 +304,41 @@ ldap_free_select_info( void *sip )
 }
 
 
-int
-do_ldap_select( LDAP *ld, struct timeval *timeout )
+void
+ldap_int_ip_init( void )
 {
-	struct selectinfo	*sip;
-	static int		tblsize;
-
-	Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "do_ldap_select\n", 0, 0, 0 );
-
-	if ( tblsize == 0 ) {
+	int tblsize;
 #if defined( HAVE_SYSCONF )
-		tblsize = sysconf( _SC_OPEN_MAX );
+	tblsize = sysconf( _SC_OPEN_MAX );
 #elif defined( HAVE_GETDTABLESIZE )
-		tblsize = getdtablesize();
+	tblsize = getdtablesize();
 #else
-		tblsize = FD_SETSIZE;
+	tblsize = FD_SETSIZE;
 #endif /* !USE_SYSCONF */
 
 #ifdef FD_SETSIZE
-		if( tblsize > FD_SETSIZE ) {
-			tblsize = FD_SETSIZE;
-		}
+	if( tblsize > FD_SETSIZE )
+		tblsize = FD_SETSIZE;
 #endif	/* FD_SETSIZE*/
-	}
+	ldap_int_tblsize = tblsize;
+}
+
+
+int
+do_ldap_select( LDAP *ld, struct timeval *timeout )
+{
+	struct selectinfo	*sip;
+
+	Debug( LDAP_DEBUG_TRACE, "do_ldap_select\n", 0, 0, 0 );
+
+	if ( ldap_int_tblsize == 0 )
+		ldap_int_ip_init();
 
 	sip = (struct selectinfo *)ld->ld_selectinfo;
 	sip->si_use_readfds = sip->si_readfds;
 	sip->si_use_writefds = sip->si_writefds;
 	
-	return( select( tblsize, &sip->si_use_readfds, &sip->si_use_writefds,
-	    NULL, timeout ));
+	return( select( ldap_int_tblsize,
+	                &sip->si_use_readfds, &sip->si_use_writefds,
+	                NULL, timeout ));
 }