diff --git a/regress/reconfigure.sh b/regress/reconfigure.sh
index 9fd289531..ba6648bf4 100644
--- a/regress/reconfigure.sh
+++ b/regress/reconfigure.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#	$OpenBSD: reconfigure.sh,v 1.2 2003/06/21 09:14:05 markus Exp $
+#	$OpenBSD: reconfigure.sh,v 1.3 2015/01/14 09:54:38 markus Exp $
 #	Placed in the Public Domain.
 
 tid="simple connect after reconfigure"
@@ -15,6 +15,14 @@ esac
 
 start_sshd
 
+trace "connect before restart"
+for p in 1 2; do
+	${SSH} -o "Protocol=$p" -F $OBJ/ssh_config somehost true
+	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+		fail "ssh connect with protocol $p failed before reconfigure"
+	fi
+done
+
 PID=`$SUDO cat $PIDFILE`
 rm -f $PIDFILE
 $SUDO kill -HUP $PID
@@ -28,6 +36,7 @@ done
 
 test -f $PIDFILE || fatal "sshd did not restart"
 
+trace "connect after restart"
 for p in 1 2; do
 	${SSH} -o "Protocol=$p" -F $OBJ/ssh_config somehost true
 	if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then