diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bf40e734afd..6f6a28effda 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 PHP                                                                        NEWS
 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 ?? ??? 20??, PHP 5.2.5
+- Fixed leaks with mulitple connects on one mysqli object. (Andrey)
 - Fixed endianness detection on MacOS when building universal binary. 
   (Uwe Schindler, Christian Speich, Tony)
 - Fixed possible buffer overflows inside the fnmatch() and glob() functions 
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c
index 48a5ed4dff5..fd01ba9ffae 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c
+++ b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_api.c
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(mysqli_close)
 	MYSQLI_FETCH_RESOURCE(mysql, MY_MYSQL *, &mysql_link, "mysqli_link", MYSQLI_STATUS_INITIALIZED);
 
 	mysql_close(mysql->mysql);
+	mysql->mysql = NULL;
 	php_clear_mysql(mysql);
 	efree(mysql);
 	MYSQLI_CLEAR_RESOURCE(&mysql_link);	
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_nonapi.c b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_nonapi.c
index 57685d95edf..2f9ba5325ba 100644
--- a/ext/mysqli/mysqli_nonapi.c
+++ b/ext/mysqli/mysqli_nonapi.c
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
    Open a connection to a mysql server */ 
 PHP_FUNCTION(mysqli_connect)
 {
-	MY_MYSQL 			*mysql;
-	MYSQLI_RESOURCE 	*mysqli_resource;
+	MY_MYSQL 			*mysql = NULL;
+	MYSQLI_RESOURCE 	*mysqli_resource = NULL;
 	zval  				*object = getThis();
 	char 				*hostname = NULL, *username=NULL, *passwd=NULL, *dbname=NULL, *socket=NULL;
 	unsigned int 		hostname_len = 0, username_len = 0, passwd_len = 0, dbname_len = 0, socket_len = 0;
@@ -67,7 +67,22 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(mysqli_connect)
 		}
 	}
 
-	mysql = (MY_MYSQL *) ecalloc(1, sizeof(MY_MYSQL));
+	if (object && instanceof_function(Z_OBJCE_P(object), mysqli_link_class_entry TSRMLS_CC)) {
+		mysqli_resource = ((mysqli_object *) zend_object_store_get_object(object TSRMLS_CC))->ptr;
+		if (mysqli_resource && mysqli_resource->ptr &&
+			mysqli_resource->status >= MYSQLI_STATUS_INITIALIZED)
+		{
+			mysql = (MY_MYSQL*)mysqli_resource->ptr;
+			php_clear_mysql(mysql);
+			if (mysql->mysql) {
+				mysql_close(mysql->mysql);
+				mysql->mysql = NULL;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	if (!mysql) {
+		mysql = (MY_MYSQL *) ecalloc(1, sizeof(MY_MYSQL));
+	}
 
 	if (!(mysql->mysql = mysql_init(NULL))) {
 		efree(mysql);
@@ -110,8 +125,10 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(mysqli_connect)
 	/* set our own local_infile handler */
 	php_set_local_infile_handler_default(mysql);
 
-	mysqli_resource = (MYSQLI_RESOURCE *)ecalloc (1, sizeof(MYSQLI_RESOURCE));
-	mysqli_resource->ptr = (void *)mysql;
+	if (!mysqli_resource) {
+		mysqli_resource = (MYSQLI_RESOURCE *)ecalloc (1, sizeof(MYSQLI_RESOURCE));
+		mysqli_resource->ptr = (void *)mysql;
+	}
 	mysqli_resource->status = MYSQLI_STATUS_VALID;
 
 	if (!object || !instanceof_function(Z_OBJCE_P(object), mysqli_link_class_entry TSRMLS_CC)) {
diff --git a/ext/mysqli/tests/bug38710.phpt b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug38710.phpt
index 35079ae3bff..b620568688c 100755
--- a/ext/mysqli/tests/bug38710.phpt
+++ b/ext/mysqli/tests/bug38710.phpt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 --TEST--
 Bug #38710 (data leakage because of nonexisting boundary checking in statements)
 --SKIPIF--
-<?php require_once('skipif.inc'); ?>
+<?php 
+require_once('skipif.inc'); 
+?>
 --FILE--
 <?php
 include "connect.inc";
@@ -12,8 +14,10 @@ $qry->prepare("SELECT REPEAT('a',100000)");
 $qry->execute();
 $qry->bind_result($text);
 $qry->fetch();
-var_dump(strlen($text), md5($text));
+if ($text !== str_repeat('a', mysqli_get_server_version($db) > 50110? 100000:(mysqli_get_server_version($db)>=50000? 8193:8191))) {
+	var_dump(strlen($text));
+}
+echo "Done";
 ?>
 --EXPECTF--	
-int(100000)
-string(32) "1af6d6f2f682f76f80e606aeaaee1680"
+Done