diff --git a/rt/transports/http/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/https/SSLUtils.java b/rt/transports/http/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/https/SSLUtils.java
index 9c6da933baf..ba34a645c7f 100644
--- a/rt/transports/http/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/https/SSLUtils.java
+++ b/rt/transports/http/src/main/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/https/SSLUtils.java
@@ -293,7 +293,12 @@ public X509Certificate[] getAcceptedIssuers() {
     static class SSLEngineWrapper extends SSLEngine {
         final SSLEngine delegate;
         SSLEngineWrapper(SSLEngine delegate) {
-            this.delegate = delegate;
+            // Unwrap the delegate if it is an instance of the SSLEngineWrapper
+            if (delegate instanceof SSLEngineWrapper) {
+                this.delegate = ((SSLEngineWrapper) delegate).delegate;
+            } else {
+                this.delegate = delegate;
+            }
         }
         public SSLParameters getSSLParameters() {
             //make sure the hostname verification is not done in the default X509 stuff
diff --git a/rt/transports/http/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/https/SSLUtilsTest.java b/rt/transports/http/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/https/SSLUtilsTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..66a1cc27867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rt/transports/http/src/test/java/org/apache/cxf/transport/https/SSLUtilsTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.cxf.transport.https;
+
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLContext;
+import javax.net.ssl.SSLEngine;
+
+import org.apache.cxf.transport.https.SSLUtils.SSLEngineWrapper;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.not;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.nullValue;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
+
+public class SSLUtilsTest {
+    private SSLEngine engine;
+    
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+        engine = SSLContext.getDefault().createSSLEngine();
+    }
+    
+    @After
+    public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+        engine.closeInbound();
+        engine.closeOutbound();
+        engine = null;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testCXF9065() throws NoSuchAlgorithmException, InterruptedException {
+        SSLEngineWrapper wrapper = new SSLEngineWrapper(engine);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < 15000; ++i) {
+            wrapper = new SSLEngineWrapper(wrapper);
+        }
+    
+        assertThat(wrapper.getSSLParameters(), is(not(nullValue())));
+    }
+}