diff --git a/src/network/core/tcp_connect.cpp b/src/network/core/tcp_connect.cpp
index c4f5415b04..dc7a23bb38 100644
--- a/src/network/core/tcp_connect.cpp
+++ b/src/network/core/tcp_connect.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ TCPConnecter::~TCPConnecter()
 	this->sockets.clear();
 	this->sock_to_address.clear();
 
-	freeaddrinfo(this->ai);
+	if (this->ai != nullptr) freeaddrinfo(this->ai);
 }
 
 /**