diff --git a/src/node_crypto.cc b/src/node_crypto.cc

index aa2dafe..a327b23 100644

--- a/src/node_crypto.cc

+++ b/src/node_crypto.cc

@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ static X509_NAME *cnnic_ev_name =

 static Mutex* mutexes;

-static const char* const root_certs[] = {

+const char* const root_certs[] = {

 #include "node_root_certs.h"  // NOLINT(build/include_order)

 };

-static std::string extra_root_certs_file;  // NOLINT(runtime/string)

+std::string extra_root_certs_file;  // NOLINT(runtime/string)

-static X509_STORE* root_cert_store;

+X509_STORE* root_cert_store;

 // Just to generate static methods

 template class SSLWrap<TLSWrap>;

@@ -865,8 +865,6 @@ void SecureContext::AddRootCerts(const FunctionCallbackInfo<Value>& args) {

     }

   }

-  // Increment reference count so global store is not deleted along with CTX.

-  X509_STORE_up_ref(root_cert_store);

   SSL_CTX_set_cert_store(sc->ctx_, root_cert_store);

 }

diff --git a/src/node_crypto.h b/src/node_crypto.h

index 746c954..06a9017 100644

--- a/src/node_crypto.h

+++ b/src/node_crypto.h

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ enum CheckResult {

 extern int VerifyCallback(int preverify_ok, X509_STORE_CTX* ctx);

+extern X509_STORE* root_cert_store;

+

 extern void UseExtraCaCerts(const std::string& file);

 // Forward declaration

@@ -143,6 +145,13 @@ class SecureContext : public BaseObject {

     }

     env()->isolate()->AdjustAmountOfExternalAllocatedMemory(-kExternalSize);

+    if (ctx_->cert_store == root_cert_store) {

+      // SSL_CTX_free() will attempt to free the cert_store as well.

+      // Since we want our root_cert_store to stay around forever

+      // we just clear the field. Hopefully OpenSSL will not modify this

+      // struct in future versions.

+      ctx_->cert_store = nullptr;

+    }

     SSL_CTX_free(ctx_);

     if (cert_ != nullptr)

       X509_free(cert_);