diff --git a/lib/client-handshake.c b/lib/client-handshake.c
index 5fb7c4e0b59291cbbc70dd4fedd09f8476e1c135..5504abe83db8dc17b88dd3be5ff572d29b76e46a 100644
--- a/lib/client-handshake.c
+++ b/lib/client-handshake.c
@@ -170,6 +170,9 @@ lws_client_connect_2(struct lws *wsi)
 		 * 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);