diff --git a/mod_wsgi.c b/mod_wsgi.c

index fd304bd..c65344e 100644

--- a/mod_wsgi.c

+++ b/mod_wsgi.c

@@ -13659,14 +13659,37 @@ static int wsgi_hook_init(apr_pool_t *pconf, apr_pool_t *ptemp,

      * Init function gets called twice during startup, we only

      * need to actually do anything on the second time it is

      * called. This avoids unecessarily initialising and then

-     * destroying Python for no reason.

+     * destroying Python for no reason. We also though have to

+     * deal with a special case when a graceful restart is done.

+     * For that we are only called once, which is generally okay

+     * as the 'wsgi_init' key will be set from initial start up

+     * of the server. The exception to this is where the module

+     * is only loaded into Apache when the server is already

+     * running. In this case we have to detect that it is not

+     * the initial startup, but a subsequent restart. We can do

+     * this by looking at whether the scoreboard has been

+     * initialised yet. That is probably enough, but to be safe,

+     * also check what generation it is.

      */

     apr_pool_userdata_get(&data, userdata_key, s->process->pool);

     if (!data) {

         apr_pool_userdata_set((const void *)1, userdata_key,

                               apr_pool_cleanup_null, s->process->pool);

-        return OK;

+

+        /*

+         * Check for the special case of a graceful restart and

+         * the module being loaded for the first time. In this

+         * case we still go onto perform initialisation as the

+         * initialisation routine for the module will not be

+         * called a second time.

+         */

+

+        if (!ap_scoreboard_image ||

+            ap_get_scoreboard_global()->running_generation == 0) {

+

+            return OK;

+        }

     }

     /* Setup module version information. */