From dad4f886d1cb717a645d0878c1354dfde768e823 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Malcolm Bechard <malcolm@derivative.ca>
Date: Fri, 3 Jan 2025 16:44:25 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix missing increment of the reference count on every call to
 startup()

fixes #3098
---
 srtcore/api.cpp | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/srtcore/api.cpp b/srtcore/api.cpp
index bb5dd64fe..ddae607da 100644
--- a/srtcore/api.cpp
+++ b/srtcore/api.cpp
@@ -236,10 +236,10 @@ string srt::CUDTUnited::CONID(SRTSOCKET sock)
 int srt::CUDTUnited::startup()
 {
     ScopedLock gcinit(m_InitLock);
-    if (m_bGCStatus)
+    if (m_iInstanceCount++ > 0)
         return 1;
 
-    if (m_iInstanceCount++ > 0)
+    if (m_bGCStatus)
         return 1;
 
         // Global initialization code