--- lib/nss.c.orig	2009-09-08 04:00:15.000000000 +0200
+++ lib/nss.c	2009-09-15 04:09:51.000000000 +0200
@@ -964,16 +964,23 @@
   /* FIXME. NSS doesn't support multiple databases open at the same time. */
   PR_Lock(nss_initlock);
   if(!initialized) {
+    struct_stat st;
 
-    certDir = getenv("SSL_DIR"); /* Look in $SSL_DIR */
+    /* First we check if $SSL_DIR points to a valid dir */
+    certDir = getenv("SSL_DIR");
+    if(certDir) {
+      if((stat(certDir, &st) != 0) ||
+              (!S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))) {
+        certDir = NULL;
+      }
+    }
 
+    /* Now we check if the default location is a valid dir */
     if(!certDir) {
-      struct_stat st;
-
-      if(stat(SSL_DIR, &st) == 0)
-        if(S_ISDIR(st.st_mode)) {
-          certDir = (char *)SSL_DIR;
-        }
+      if((stat(SSL_DIR, &st) == 0) &&
+              (S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))) {
+        certDir = (char *)SSL_DIR;
+      }
     }
 
     if (!NSS_IsInitialized()) {
@@ -984,8 +991,11 @@
         rv = NSS_NoDB_Init(NULL);
       }
       else {
-        rv = NSS_Initialize(certDir, NULL, NULL, "secmod.db",
-                            NSS_INIT_READONLY);
+        char *certpath = PR_smprintf("%s%s",
+                         NSS_VersionCheck("3.12.0") ? "sql:" : "",
+                         certDir);
+        rv = NSS_Initialize(certpath, "", "", "", NSS_INIT_READONLY);
+        PR_smprintf_free(certpath);
       }
       if(rv != SECSuccess) {
         infof(conn->data, "Unable to initialize NSS database\n");