diff --git a/crypto.c b/crypto.c
index d813f031..c9d6cdfd 100644
--- a/crypto.c
+++ b/crypto.c
@@ -1158,8 +1158,11 @@ read_key_file (struct key2 *key2, const char *file, const unsigned int flags)
 	     error_filename, count, onekeylen, keylen);
     }
 
-  /* zero file read buffer */
-  buf_clear (&in);
+  /* zero file read buffer if not an inline file */
+#if ENABLE_INLINE_FILES
+  if (!(flags & RKF_INLINE))
+#endif
+    buf_clear (&in);
 
   if (key2->n)
     warn_if_group_others_accessible (error_filename);
diff --git a/init.c b/init.c
index 903fda46..959cec2f 100644
--- a/init.c
+++ b/init.c
@@ -1680,7 +1680,7 @@ do_init_crypto_tls_c1 (struct context *c)
 				 flags);
 	}
 
-#if ENABLE_INLINE_FILES
+#if 0 /* was: #if ENABLE_INLINE_FILES --  Note that enabling this code will break restarts */
       if (options->priv_key_file_inline)
 	{
 	  string_clear (c->options.priv_key_file_inline);
diff --git a/version.m4 b/version.m4
index b3984bec..132e6cde 100644
--- a/version.m4
+++ b/version.m4
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 dnl define the OpenVPN version
-define(PRODUCT_VERSION,[2.1_rc15b])
+define(PRODUCT_VERSION,[2.1_rc15c])
 dnl define the TAP version
 define(PRODUCT_TAP_ID,[tap0901])
 define(PRODUCT_TAP_WIN32_MIN_MAJOR,[9])