diff -up nspluginwrapper-1.4.4/src/npw-wrapper.c.restart nspluginwrapper-1.4.4/src/npw-wrapper.c
--- nspluginwrapper-1.4.4/src/npw-wrapper.c.restart	2011-07-01 05:18:57.000000000 +0200
+++ nspluginwrapper-1.4.4/src/npw-wrapper.c	2012-07-18 15:49:11.329877655 +0200
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static void plugin_exit(void);
 static void plugin_kill_cb(rpc_connection_t *connection, void *user_data);
 static NPError plugin_start(void);
 static NPError plugin_start_if_needed(void);
+static void plugin_kill(void);
 static int plugin_killed = 0;
 
 /*
@@ -2104,31 +2105,44 @@ g_NPP_New(NPMIMEType mime_type, NPP inst
 		  uint16_t mode, int16_t argc, char *argn[], char *argv[],
 		  NPSavedData *saved)
 {
+  NPError ret;
+  int attempt = 1;
+
   if (instance == NULL)
 	return NPERR_INVALID_INSTANCE_ERROR;
-	
-  // Check if we need to restart the plug-in
-  NPError ret = plugin_start_if_needed();
-  if (ret != NPERR_NO_ERROR)
-  	return ret;
 
-  PluginInstance *plugin = npw_plugin_instance_new(&PluginInstanceClass);
-  if (plugin == NULL)
-	return NPERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR;
-  plugin->instance = instance;
-  plugin->instance_id = id_create(plugin);
-  plugin->connection = rpc_connection_ref(g_rpc_connection);
-  instance->pdata = plugin;
+  do {
+    // Check if we need to restart the plug-in
+    NPError ret = plugin_start_if_needed();
+    if (ret != NPERR_NO_ERROR)
+      return ret;
+
+    PluginInstance *plugin = npw_plugin_instance_new(&PluginInstanceClass);
+    if (plugin == NULL)
+      return NPERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR;
+    plugin->instance = instance;
+    plugin->instance_id = id_create(plugin);
+    plugin->connection = rpc_connection_ref(g_rpc_connection);
+    instance->pdata = plugin;
+
+    if (PLUGIN_DIRECT_EXEC) {
+      if ((plugin->native_instance = NPW_MemNew0(NPP_t, 1)) == NULL)
+        return NPERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR;
+      plugin->native_instance->ndata = instance->ndata;
+    }
+
+    D(bugiI("NPP_New instance=%p\n", instance));
+    ret = invoke_NPP_New(plugin, mime_type, mode, argc, argn, argv, saved);
+    D(bugiD("NPP_New return: %d [%s]\n", ret, string_of_NPError(ret)));
+
+    // NPP_New was succesfull or we exhausted all our restart attempts
+    if(!ret || attempt == 0)
+      break;
 
-  if (PLUGIN_DIRECT_EXEC) {
-	if ((plugin->native_instance = NPW_MemNew0(NPP_t, 1)) == NULL)
-	  return NPERR_OUT_OF_MEMORY_ERROR;
-	plugin->native_instance->ndata = instance->ndata;
-  }
-
-  D(bugiI("NPP_New instance=%p\n", instance));
-  ret = invoke_NPP_New(plugin, mime_type, mode, argc, argn, argv, saved);
-  D(bugiD("NPP_New return: %d [%s]\n", ret, string_of_NPError(ret)));
+    // kill the plugin
+    plugin_kill();
+    attempt--;
+  } while(1);
 
   if (saved) {
 	if (saved->buf)