diff --git a/src/syslogd.c b/src/syslogd.c
index bb48adf..6f40456 100644
--- a/src/syslogd.c
+++ b/src/syslogd.c
@@ -2645,6 +2645,7 @@ static void init(void)
 		} else {
 			for (size_t i = 0; i < pe->pe_socknum; i++)
 				socket_close(pe->pe_sock[i]);
+			pe->pe_socknum = 0;
 
 			if (SecureMode < 2)
 				create_inet_socket(pe);
diff --git a/test/remote.sh b/test/remote.sh
index 735bd7c..8301bb0 100755
--- a/test/remote.sh
+++ b/test/remote.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Verify that the sending to a remote IP:PORT works, note not receiving,
 # there's a test fwd.sh that verifies that.
+#
+# Also, instead of "sleep 3" after starting thsark, below, we take the
+# opportunity to perform a regression test of SIGHUP:ing syslogd.
+#
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 set -x
 
@@ -27,9 +31,14 @@ tshark -Qni lo -w "${CAP}" port 514 2>/dev/null &
 TPID="$!"
 echo "$TPID" >> "$DIR/PIDs"
 
-# Wait for tshark to start up properly
-sleep 3
+# While Waiting for tshark to start up properly we take the opportunity
+# to verify syslogd survives a few SIGHUP's.  The pe_sock[] has max 16
+# elements, which should get closed and refilled on SIGHUP.
+for i in $(seq 1 20); do
+	reload
+done
 
+# Now send the message and see if we sent it ...
 logger ${MSG}
 
 # Wait for any OS delays, in particular on Travis