diff --git a/requests/models.py b/requests/models.py
index c45b18a7..957f6789 100644
--- a/requests/models.py
+++ b/requests/models.py
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ class Request(object):
 
             conn.cert_reqs = 'CERT_REQUIRED'
             conn.ca_certs = cert_loc
+        else:
+            conn.cert_reqs = 'CERT_NONE'
+            conn.ca_certs = None
 
         if not self.sent or anyway:
 
diff --git a/test_requests_ext.py b/test_requests_ext.py
index c86a383c..9e52a0d5 100644
--- a/test_requests_ext.py
+++ b/test_requests_ext.py
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ class RequestsTestSuite(unittest.TestCase):
 
         s = requests.session()
 
-        s.get('https://kennethreitz.com', verify=False)
-
         self.assertRaises(requests.exceptions.SSLError, s.get, 'https://kennethreitz.com')
 
+        s.get('https://kennethreitz.com', verify=False)
+
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':