Index: modules/ssl/ssl_engine_io.c
===================================================================
--- modules/ssl/ssl_engine_io.c	(revision 380895)
+++ modules/ssl/ssl_engine_io.c	(working copy)
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@
     bio_filter_out_ctx_t *outctx = (bio_filter_out_ctx_t *)(bio->ptr);
     apr_bucket *e;
 
-    if (!(outctx->blen || outctx->length)) {
-        outctx->rc = APR_SUCCESS;
-        return 1;
-    }
-
     if (outctx->blen) {
         e = apr_bucket_transient_create(outctx->buffer, outctx->blen,
                                         outctx->bb->bucket_alloc);
@@ -154,6 +149,8 @@
 
     outctx->rc = ap_pass_brigade(outctx->filter_ctx->pOutputFilter->next,
                                  outctx->bb);
+    /* Ensure all of our buckets are gone from this brigade. */
+    apr_brigade_cleanup(outctx->bb);
     /* Fail if the connection was reset: */
     if (outctx->rc == APR_SUCCESS && outctx->c->aborted) {
         outctx->rc = APR_ECONNRESET;