diff -urN curl-7.18.2.orig/lib/nss.c curl-7.18.2/lib/nss.c
--- curl-7.18.2.orig/lib/nss.c	2008-09-03 20:56:33.000000000 -0400
+++ curl-7.18.2/lib/nss.c	2008-09-03 20:57:07.000000000 -0400
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@
 
 PRFileDesc *PR_ImportTCPSocket(PRInt32 osfd);
 
+PRLock * nss_initlock = NULL;
+
 int initialized = 0;
 
 #define HANDSHAKE_TIMEOUT 30
@@ -718,9 +720,12 @@
  * @retval 1 SSL initialized successfully
  */
 int Curl_nss_init(void)
-{
-  if(!initialized)
+{ 
+  /* curl_global_init() is not thread-safe so this test is ok */
+  if (nss_initlock == NULL) {
     PR_Init(PR_USER_THREAD, PR_PRIORITY_NORMAL, 256);
+    nss_initlock = PR_NewLock();
+  }
 
   /* We will actually initialize NSS later */
 
@@ -730,7 +735,17 @@
 /* Global cleanup */
 void Curl_nss_cleanup(void)
 {
-  NSS_Shutdown();
+  /* This function isn't required to be threadsafe and this is only done
+   * as a safety feature.
+   */
+  PR_Lock(nss_initlock);
+  if (initialized)
+    NSS_Shutdown();
+  PR_Unlock(nss_initlock);
+
+  PR_DestroyLock(nss_initlock);
+  nss_initlock = NULL;
+
   initialized = 0;
 }
 
@@ -808,7 +823,8 @@
     return CURLE_OK;
 
   /* FIXME. NSS doesn't support multiple databases open at the same time. */
-  if(!initialized) {
+  PR_Lock(nss_initlock);
+  if(!initialized && !NSS_IsInitialized()) {
     initialized = 1;
 
     certDir = getenv("SSL_DIR"); /* Look in $SSL_DIR */
@@ -832,8 +848,11 @@
     if(rv != SECSuccess) {
       infof(conn->data, "Unable to initialize NSS database\n");
       curlerr = CURLE_SSL_CACERT_BADFILE;
+      PR_Unlock(nss_initlock);
+      initialized = 0;
       goto error;
     }
+    PR_Unlock(nss_initlock);
 
     NSS_SetDomesticPolicy();