diff --git a/src/config/common/ssl_adapter.py b/src/config/common/ssl_adapter.py
index d6c2bc5effd..c44cb22bfa2 100644
--- a/src/config/common/ssl_adapter.py
+++ b/src/config/common/ssl_adapter.py
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
+""" HTTPS Transport Adapter for python-requests, that allows configuration of
+    SSL version"""
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 # vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
 # @author: Sanju Abraham, Juniper Networks, OpenContrail
 from requests.adapters import HTTPAdapter
 try:
-    from urllib3.poolmanager import PoolManager
-except ImportError:
-    # This is required for redhat7 as it does not have
-    # separate urllib3 package installed
+    # This is required for RDO, which installs both python-requests
+    # and python-urllib3, but symlinks python-request's internally packaged
+    # urllib3 to the site installed one.
     from requests.packages.urllib3.poolmanager import PoolManager
-import ssl
+except ImportError:
+    # Fallback to standard installation methods
+    from urllib3.poolmanager import PoolManager
 
 class SSLAdapter(HTTPAdapter):
-    '''An HTTPS Transport Adapter that can be configured with SSL/TLS version.'''
+    '''An HTTPS Transport Adapter that can be configured with SSL/TLS
+       version.'''
+
     def __init__(self, ssl_version=None, **kwargs):
         self.ssl_version = ssl_version
+        self.poolmanager = None
 
         super(SSLAdapter, self).__init__(**kwargs)