diff --git a/lib/client-handshake.c b/lib/client-handshake.c
index 96854afe..629ad060 100644
--- a/lib/client-handshake.c
+++ b/lib/client-handshake.c
@@ -171,7 +171,8 @@ lws_client_connect_2(struct lws *wsi)
 		 * past here, we can't simply free the structs as error
 		 * handling as oom4 does.  We have to run the whole close flow.
 		 */
-
+		wsi->protocol->callback(wsi, LWS_CALLBACK_WSI_CREATE,
+					wsi->user_space, NULL, 0);
 		lws_set_timeout(wsi,
 			PENDING_TIMEOUT_AWAITING_CONNECT_RESPONSE,
 							      AWAITING_TIMEOUT);