diff --git a/src/main/java/tlschannel/impl/TlsChannelImpl.java b/src/main/java/tlschannel/impl/TlsChannelImpl.java
index 82bbfcde..d47b96c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/tlschannel/impl/TlsChannelImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/tlschannel/impl/TlsChannelImpl.java
@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ public TlsChannelImpl(
     private final Lock readLock = new ReentrantLock();
     private final Lock writeLock = new ReentrantLock();
 
-    private volatile boolean negotiated = false;
+    private boolean handshakeStarted = false;
+
+    private volatile boolean handshakeCompleted = false;
 
     /**
      * Whether a IOException was received from the underlying channel or from the {@link SSLEngine}.
@@ -489,7 +491,7 @@ public void handshake() throws IOException {
     }
 
     private void doHandshake(boolean force) throws IOException, EofException {
-        if (!force && negotiated) {
+        if (!force && handshakeCompleted) {
             return;
         }
         initLock.lock();
@@ -497,15 +499,26 @@ private void doHandshake(boolean force) throws IOException, EofException {
             if (invalid || shutdownSent) {
                 throw new ClosedChannelException();
             }
-            if (force || !negotiated) {
-                logger.log(Level.FINEST, "Calling SSLEngine.beginHandshake()");
-                engine.beginHandshake();
+            if (force || !handshakeCompleted) {
+
+                if (!handshakeStarted) {
+                    logger.log(Level.FINEST, "Calling SSLEngine.beginHandshake()");
+                    engine.beginHandshake();
+
+                    // Some engines that do not support renegotiations may be sensitive to calling
+                    // SSLEngine.beginHandshake() more than once. This guard prevents that.
+                    // See: https://github.com/marianobarrios/tls-channel/issues/197
+                    handshakeStarted = true;
+                }
+
                 writeAndHandshake();
 
                 if (engine.getSession().getProtocol().startsWith("DTLS")) {
                     throw new IllegalArgumentException("DTLS not supported");
                 }
 
+                handshakeCompleted = true;
+
                 // call client code
                 try {
                     initSessionCallback.accept(engine.getSession());
@@ -513,7 +526,6 @@ private void doHandshake(boolean force) throws IOException, EofException {
                     logger.log(Level.FINEST, "client code threw exception in session initialization callback", e);
                     throw new TlsChannelCallbackException("session initialization callback failed", e);
                 }
-                negotiated = true;
             }
         } finally {
             initLock.unlock();