diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 9c41d85..c4dd234 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Corrections:
 
 	Reworked domain name resolution, centralized IPv4/IPv6 sorting.
 
+	Print warning about not checking CRLs in OpenSSL only in the first
+	child process.
+
 Features:
 	Total inactivity timeout option -T 0 now means 0.0 seconds; up to
 	version 1.8.0.0 it meant no total inactivity timeout.
diff --git a/xio-openssl.c b/xio-openssl.c
index dddbfe9..1278bf4 100644
--- a/xio-openssl.c
+++ b/xio-openssl.c
@@ -1456,7 +1456,10 @@ cont_out:
       sycSSL_CTX_set_verify(ctx,
 			    SSL_VERIFY_PEER| SSL_VERIFY_FAIL_IF_NO_PEER_CERT,
 			    NULL);
-      Warn("OpenSSL: Warning: this implementation does not check CRLs");
+      if (first_child) {
+	 /* The first forked off process, print the warning only once */
+	 Warn("OpenSSL: Warning: this implementation does not check CRLs");
+      }
    } else {
       sycSSL_CTX_set_verify(ctx,
 			    SSL_VERIFY_NONE,
diff --git a/xio.h b/xio.h
index 0724314..a276a56 100644
--- a/xio.h
+++ b/xio.h
@@ -471,6 +471,7 @@ extern const char *PIPESEP;
 extern xiofile_t *sock[XIO_MAXSOCK];
 
 extern int num_child;
+extern bool first_child;
 
 /* return values of xioopensingle */
 #define STAT_OK		0
diff --git a/xioinitialize.c b/xioinitialize.c
index c5f6abe..b06915e 100644
--- a/xioinitialize.c
+++ b/xioinitialize.c
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ static int xioinitialized;
 xiofile_t *sock[XIO_MAXSOCK];
 int (*xiohook_newchild)(void);	/* xio calls this function from a new child
 				   process */
-int num_child = 0;
+int num_child = 0; 		/* actual number of "general" child processes */
+bool first_child = true; 	/* only first child shall print general warnings */
 
 /* returns 0 on success or != if an error occurred */
 int xioinitialize(void) {
@@ -255,9 +256,12 @@ pid_t xio_fork(bool subchild,
       return 0;
    }
 
-   num_child++;
-   Info1("number of children increased to %d", num_child);
    /* parent process */
+   if (!subchild) {
+      ++num_child;
+      first_child = false;
+   }
+   Info1("number of children increased to %d", num_child);
    Notice1("forked off child process "F_pid, pid);
    /* gdb recommends to have env controlled sleep after fork */
    if (forkwaitstring = getenv("SOCAT_FORK_WAIT")) {
diff --git a/xiosigchld.c b/xiosigchld.c
index 10f7f49..4ffa125 100644
--- a/xiosigchld.c
+++ b/xiosigchld.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ void childdied(int signum) {
       }
    /*! indent */
    if (num_child) {
-      num_child--;
+      --num_child;
       Info1("number of children decreased to %d", num_child);
    }
    /* check if it was a registered child process */