gistfile1.rb

diff --git a/lib/puppet/network/xmlrpc/client.rb b/lib/puppet/network/xmlrpc/client.rb
index 37ace21..33771d5 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/network/xmlrpc/client.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/network/xmlrpc/client.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ module Puppet::Network
                     Puppet.debug "Calling %s.%s" % [namespace, method]
                     begin
                         result = call("%s.%s" % [namespace, method.to_s],*args)
+                        if http.started?
+                            Puppet.err "HTTP instance still open after call to %s.%s" % [namespace, method]
+                            http.finish
+                        end
                         result
                     rescue OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError => detail
                         if detail.message =~ /bad write retry/
                             Puppet.warning "Transient SSL write error; restarting connection and retrying"