diff --git a/Csocket.cpp b/Csocket.cpp
index 8b94e048..afec535e 100644
--- a/Csocket.cpp
+++ b/Csocket.cpp
@@ -2109,7 +2109,18 @@ int Csock::GetPending()
 {
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBSSL
 	if( m_ssl )
-		return( SSL_pending( m_ssl ) );
+	{
+		// in v23 method, the pending function is initialized to ssl_undefined_const_function
+		// which throws SSL_UNDEFINED_CONST_FUNCTION on to the error stack
+		// this is one of the more stupid things in openssl, it seems bizarre that even though SSL_pending
+		// returns an int, they don't bother returning in error to notify us, so basically
+		// we have to always clear errors here generated by SSL_pending, otherwise the stack could
+		// have a lame error on it causing SSL_write to fail in certain instances.
+		ERR_set_mark();
+		int iBytes = SSL_pending( m_ssl );
+		ERR_pop_to_mark();
+		return( iBytes );
+	}
 	else
 		return( 0 );
 #else