diff --git a/core/java/android/net/SSLCertificateSocketFactory.java b/core/java/android/net/SSLCertificateSocketFactory.java
index b0278d39e0725..69be4fdc733ec 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/SSLCertificateSocketFactory.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/SSLCertificateSocketFactory.java
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public class SSLCertificateSocketFactory extends SSLSocketFactory {
     private SSLSocketFactory makeSocketFactory(
             KeyManager[] keyManagers, TrustManager[] trustManagers) {
         try {
-            OpenSSLContextImpl sslContext = new OpenSSLContextImpl();
+            OpenSSLContextImpl sslContext = OpenSSLContextImpl.getPreferred();
             sslContext.engineInit(keyManagers, trustManagers, null);
             sslContext.engineGetClientSessionContext().setPersistentCache(mSessionCache);
             return sslContext.engineGetSocketFactory();
diff --git a/core/java/android/net/http/HttpsConnection.java b/core/java/android/net/http/HttpsConnection.java
index 7a12e539c965e..e637eeafc6f06 100644
--- a/core/java/android/net/http/HttpsConnection.java
+++ b/core/java/android/net/http/HttpsConnection.java
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public class HttpsConnection extends Connection {
                 cache = FileClientSessionCache.usingDirectory(sessionDir);
             }
 
-            OpenSSLContextImpl sslContext = new OpenSSLContextImpl();
+            OpenSSLContextImpl sslContext = OpenSSLContextImpl.getPreferred();
 
             // here, trust managers is a single trust-all manager
             TrustManager[] trustManagers = new TrustManager[] {
diff --git a/tests/CoreTests/android/core/SSLSocketTest.java b/tests/CoreTests/android/core/SSLSocketTest.java
index b06790bc715d6..65062c2e42f15 100644
--- a/tests/CoreTests/android/core/SSLSocketTest.java
+++ b/tests/CoreTests/android/core/SSLSocketTest.java
@@ -907,7 +907,7 @@ public class SSLSocketTest extends TestCase {
      */
     public void testClientSessionCaching() throws IOException,
             KeyManagementException {
-        OpenSSLContextImpl context = new OpenSSLContextImpl();
+        OpenSSLContextImpl context = OpenSSLContextImpl.getPreferred();
 
         // Cache size = 2.
         FakeClientSessionCache fakeCache = new FakeClientSessionCache();
@@ -1000,7 +1000,7 @@ public class SSLSocketTest extends TestCase {
 
     public void testFileBasedClientSessionCache() throws IOException,
             KeyManagementException {
-        OpenSSLContextImpl context = new OpenSSLContextImpl();
+        OpenSSLContextImpl context = OpenSSLContextImpl.getPreferred();
         String tmpDir = System.getProperty("java.io.tmpdir");
         if (tmpDir == null) {
             fail("Please set 'java.io.tmpdir' system property.");