diff --git a/src/foreign/foreign.c b/src/foreign/foreign.c
index ec3cb4768c..0b365eb7b4 100644
--- a/src/foreign/foreign.c
+++ b/src/foreign/foreign.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
 START_XFORM_SKIP;
 #endif
 
-int epm_tried = 1;
+int epm_tried = 0;
 typedef BOOL (*EnumProcessModules_t)(HANDLE hProcess, HMODULE* lphModule,
                                      DWORD cb, LPDWORD lpcbNeeded);
 EnumProcessModules_t _EnumProcessModules;
diff --git a/src/foreign/foreign.ssc b/src/foreign/foreign.ssc
index 30a69955b7..7aafbfdac9 100755
--- a/src/foreign/foreign.ssc
+++ b/src/foreign/foreign.ssc
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ exec mzpp -s "---begin" -o `echo "$0" | sed 's/ssc$/c/'` "$0"
 START_XFORM_SKIP;
 #endif
 
-int epm_tried = 1;
+int epm_tried = 0;
 typedef BOOL (*EnumProcessModules_t)(HANDLE hProcess, HMODULE* lphModule,
                                      DWORD cb, LPDWORD lpcbNeeded);
 EnumProcessModules_t _EnumProcessModules;