diff --git a/src/standard.c b/src/standard.c
index b14b70b..380f7be 100644
--- a/src/standard.c
+++ b/src/standard.c
@@ -600,7 +600,8 @@
 			}
 		}
 
-		freeaddrinfo(result);
+		if (result)
+			freeaddrinfo(result);
 	}
 #endif
 	/* unsupported address family */