diff --git a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
index 8f3a8f1cea46e1538146db19c08d62833a59cb91..99646bcb9c3c5d7cd57e1638ce7e6c0eb835f27b 100644
--- a/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
+++ b/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.26 2003/02/14 00:18:41 tgl Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/backend/libpq/be-secure.c,v 1.27 2003/03/29 03:56:44 momjian Exp $
  *
  *	  Since the server static private key ($DataDir/server.key)
  *	  will normally be stored unencrypted so that the database
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ secure_write(Port *port, void *ptr, size_t len)
 				port->count += n;
 				break;
 			case SSL_ERROR_WANT_WRITE:
-				n = secure_read(port, ptr, len);
+				n = secure_write(port, ptr, len);
 				break;
 			case SSL_ERROR_SYSCALL:
 				if (n == -1)