diff --git a/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c b/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c
index 9b37eb8825..5bb3b0264a 100644
--- a/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c
+++ b/src/WINNT/aklog/aklog.c
@@ -196,6 +196,28 @@ void ViceIDToUsername(char *username, char *realm_of_user, char *realm_of_cell,
     if (dflag)
         printf("About to resolve name %s to id\n", username);
 
+#ifdef COMMENT
+    /*
+    * Talk about DUMB!  It turns out that there is a bug in
+    * pr_Initialize -- even if you give a different cell name
+    * to it, it still uses a connection to a previous AFS server
+    * if one exists.  The way to fix this is to change the
+    * _filename_ argument to pr_Initialize - that forces it to
+    * re-initialize the connection.  We do this by adding and
+    * removing a "/" on the end of the configuration directory name.
+    */
+
+    if (lastcell[0] != '\0' && (strcmp(lastcell, aserver->cell) != 0)) {
+        int i = strlen(confname);
+        if (confname[i - 1] == '/') {
+            confname[i - 1] = '\0';
+        } else {
+            confname[i] = '/';
+            confname[i + 1] = '\0';
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     strcpy(lastcell, aserver->cell);
 
 	if (!pr_Initialize (0, confname, aserver->cell)) {
@@ -257,6 +279,13 @@ void ViceIDToUsername(char *username, char *realm_of_user, char *realm_of_cell,
                 return ;
             }
 
+            /*
+             * In case you're wondering, we don't need to change the
+             * filename here because we're still connecting to the
+             * same cell -- we're just using a different authentication
+             * level
+             */
+
             if ((*status = pr_Initialize(1L, confname, aserver->cell))) {
                 printf("Error %d\n", status);
                 return;
diff --git a/src/aklog/aklog_main.c b/src/aklog/aklog_main.c
index 8bab3b1281..709de20371 100644
--- a/src/aklog/aklog_main.c
+++ b/src/aklog/aklog_main.c
@@ -694,26 +694,6 @@ static int auth_to_cell(context, cell, realm)
 		params.pstdout(msgbuf);
 	    }
 
-	    /*
-	     * Talk about DUMB!  It turns out that there is a bug in
-	     * pr_Initialize -- even if you give a different cell name
-	     * to it, it still uses a connection to a previous AFS server
-	     * if one exists.  The way to fix this is to change the
-	     * _filename_ argument to pr_Initialize - that forces it to
-	     * re-initialize the connection.  We do this by adding and
-	     * removing a "/" on the end of the configuration directory name.
-	     */
-
-	    if (lastcell[0] != '\0' && (strcmp(lastcell, aserver.cell) != 0)) {
-		int i = strlen(confname);
-		if (confname[i - 1] == '/') {
-		    confname[i - 1] = '\0';
-		} else {
-		    confname[i] = '/';
-		    confname[i + 1] = '\0';
-		}
-	    }
-
 	    strcpy(lastcell, aserver.cell);
 
 	    if (!pr_Initialize (0, confname, aserver.cell, 0))
diff --git a/src/ptserver/ptuser.c b/src/ptserver/ptuser.c
index 3d6d11a2e8..e33e84932d 100644
--- a/src/ptserver/ptuser.c
+++ b/src/ptserver/ptuser.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ pr_Initialize(IN afs_int32 secLevel, IN char *confDir, IN char *cell)
     struct rx_securityClass *sc[3];
     static struct afsconf_dir *tdir = 0;	/* only do this once */
     static char tconfDir[100];
+    static char tcell[64];
     struct ktc_token ttoken;
     afs_int32 scIndex;
     static struct afsconf_cell info;
@@ -84,7 +85,24 @@ pr_Initialize(IN afs_int32 secLevel, IN char *confDir, IN char *cell)
     initialize_ACFG_error_table();
     initialize_KTC_error_table();
 
-    if (strcmp(confDir, tconfDir)) {
+#if defined(UKERNEL)
+    if (!cell) {
+        cell = afs_LclCellName;
+    }
+#else /* defined(UKERNEL) */
+    if (!cell) {
+        code = afsconf_GetLocalCell(tdir, cellstr, sizeof(cellstr));
+        if (code) {
+            fprintf(stderr,
+                     "vos: can't get local cell name - check %s/%s\n",
+                     confDir, AFSDIR_THISCELL_FILE);
+            exit(1);
+        }
+        cell = cellstr;
+    }
+#endif /* defined(UKERNEL) */
+
+    if (strcmp(confDir, tconfDir) || strcmp(cell, tcell)) {
 	/*
 	 * Different conf dir; force re-evaluation.
 	 */
@@ -93,13 +111,13 @@ pr_Initialize(IN afs_int32 secLevel, IN char *confDir, IN char *cell)
 	tdir = (struct afsconf_dir *)0;
 	pruclient = (struct ubik_client *)0;
     }
+
     if (tdir == 0) {
 	strncpy(tconfDir, confDir, sizeof(tconfDir));
+        strncpy(tcell, cell, sizeof(tcell));
+
 #if defined(UKERNEL)
 	tdir = afs_cdir;
-	if (!cell) {
-	    cell = afs_LclCellName;
-	}
 #else /* defined(UKERNEL) */
 	tdir = afsconf_Open(confDir);
 	if (!tdir) {
@@ -109,17 +127,6 @@ pr_Initialize(IN afs_int32 secLevel, IN char *confDir, IN char *cell)
 			confDir);
 	    return -1;
 	}
-
-	if (!cell) {
-	    code = afsconf_GetLocalCell(tdir, cellstr, sizeof(cellstr));
-	    if (code) {
-		fprintf(stderr,
-			"vos: can't get local cell name - check %s/%s\n",
-			confDir, AFSDIR_THISCELL_FILE);
-		exit(1);
-	    }
-	    cell = cellstr;
-	}
 #endif /* defined(UKERNEL) */
 
 	code = afsconf_GetCellInfo(tdir, cell, "afsprot", &info);