diff --git a/gnutls-global-deinit.patch b/gnutls-global-deinit.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6783bdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnutls-global-deinit.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+diff --git a/lib/gnutls_global.c b/lib/gnutls_global.c
+index 9b7047a..8cd9fd3 100644
+--- a/lib/gnutls_global.c
++++ b/lib/gnutls_global.c
+@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ extern const ASN1_ARRAY_TYPE pkix_asn1_tab[];
+ void *_gnutls_file_mutex;
+ void *_gnutls_pkcs11_mutex;
+ 
+-ASN1_TYPE _gnutls_pkix1_asn;
+-ASN1_TYPE _gnutls_gnutls_asn;
++ASN1_TYPE _gnutls_pkix1_asn = ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY;
++ASN1_TYPE _gnutls_gnutls_asn = ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY;
+ 
+ gnutls_log_func _gnutls_log_func = NULL;
+ gnutls_audit_log_func _gnutls_audit_log_func = NULL;
+@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ gnutls_global_set_mem_functions(gnutls_alloc_function alloc_func,
+ GNUTLS_STATIC_MUTEX(global_init_mutex);
+ static int _gnutls_init = 0;
+ 
++/* cache the return code */
++static int _gnutls_init_ret = 0;
++
+ /**
+  * gnutls_global_init:
+  *
+@@ -186,6 +189,9 @@ static int _gnutls_init = 0;
+  * do not support library constructors and static linking. This
+  * function also became thread safe.
+  *
++ * A subsequent call of this function if the initial has failed will
++ * return the same error code.
++ *
+  * Returns: On success, %GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS (0) is returned,
+  *   otherwise a negative error code is returned.
+  **/
+@@ -199,7 +205,7 @@ int gnutls_global_init(void)
+ 
+ 	_gnutls_init++;
+ 	if (_gnutls_init > 1) {
+-		ret = 0;
++		ret = _gnutls_init_ret;
+ 		goto out;
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -235,14 +241,17 @@ int gnutls_global_init(void)
+ 		goto out;
+ 	}
+ 
++	_gnutls_pkix1_asn = ASN1_TYPE_EMPTY;
+ 	res = asn1_array2tree(pkix_asn1_tab, &_gnutls_pkix1_asn, NULL);
+ 	if (res != ASN1_SUCCESS) {
++		gnutls_assert();
+ 		ret = _gnutls_asn2err(res);
+ 		goto out;
+ 	}
+ 
+ 	res = asn1_array2tree(gnutls_asn1_tab, &_gnutls_gnutls_asn, NULL);
+ 	if (res != ASN1_SUCCESS) {
++		gnutls_assert();
+ 		ret = _gnutls_asn2err(res);
+ 		goto out;
+ 	}
+@@ -306,6 +315,7 @@ int gnutls_global_init(void)
+ 	ret = 0;
+ 
+       out:
++	_gnutls_init_ret = ret;
+ 	GNUTLS_STATIC_MUTEX_UNLOCK(global_init_mutex);
+ 	return ret;
+ }
+@@ -316,11 +326,19 @@ static void _gnutls_global_deinit(unsigned destructor)
+ 
+ 	if (_gnutls_init == 1) {
+ 		_gnutls_init = 0;
++		if (_gnutls_init_ret < 0) {
++			/* only deinitialize if gnutls_global_init() has
++			 * succeeded */
++			gnutls_assert();
++			goto fail;
++		}
++
+ 		gnutls_crypto_deinit();
+ 		_gnutls_rnd_deinit();
+ 		_gnutls_ext_deinit();
+ 		asn1_delete_structure(&_gnutls_gnutls_asn);
+ 		asn1_delete_structure(&_gnutls_pkix1_asn);
++
+ 		_gnutls_crypto_deregister();
+ 		gnutls_system_global_deinit();
+ 		_gnutls_cryptodev_deinit();
+@@ -341,6 +359,8 @@ static void _gnutls_global_deinit(unsigned destructor)
+ 		if (_gnutls_init > 0)
+ 			_gnutls_init--;
+ 	}
++
++ fail:
+ 	GNUTLS_STATIC_MUTEX_UNLOCK(global_init_mutex);
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/gnutls.spec b/gnutls.spec
index b9b69dd..241ae73 100644
--- a/gnutls.spec
+++ b/gnutls.spec
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 Summary: A TLS protocol implementation
 Name: gnutls
 Version: 3.3.1
-Release: 1%{?dist}
+Release: 2%{?dist}
 # The libraries are LGPLv2.1+, utilities are GPLv3+
 License: GPLv3+ and LGPLv2+
 Group: System Environment/Libraries
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Patch1: gnutls-3.2.7-rpath.patch
 Patch7: gnutls-2.12.21-fips-algorithms.patch
 Patch8: gnutls-3.1.11-nosrp.patch
 Patch9: gnutls-othername.patch
+Patch10: gnutls-global-deinit.patch
 
 # Wildcard bundling exception https://fedorahosted.org/fpc/ticket/174
 Provides: bundled(gnulib) = 20130424
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ This package contains Guile bindings for the library.
 #%patch7 -p1 -b .fips
 %patch8 -p1 -b .nosrp
 %patch9 -p1 -b .othername
+%patch10 -p1 -b .global-deinit
 sed 's/gnutls_srp.c//g' -i lib/Makefile.in
 sed 's/gnutls_srp.lo//g' -i lib/Makefile.in
 
@@ -270,6 +272,10 @@ fi
 %endif
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 28 2014 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com> 3.3.1-2
+- gnutls_global_deinit() will not do anything if the previous 
+  initialization has failed (#1091053)
+
 * Mon Apr 28 2014 Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav@redhat.com> 3.3.1-1
 - new upstream release