diff --git a/homeassistant/components/http.py b/homeassistant/components/http.py
index 8647f3c97c6..06fa09bb138 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/http.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/http.py
@@ -243,8 +243,8 @@ class HomeAssistantWSGI(object):
 
         sock = eventlet.listen((self.server_host, self.server_port))
         if self.ssl_certificate:
-            eventlet.wrap_ssl(sock, certfile=self.ssl_certificate,
-                              keyfile=self.ssl_key, server_side=True)
+            sock = eventlet.wrap_ssl(sock, certfile=self.ssl_certificate,
+                                     keyfile=self.ssl_key, server_side=True)
         wsgi.server(sock, self)
 
     def dispatch_request(self, request):