diff --git a/include/haproxy/quic_conn.h b/include/haproxy/quic_conn.h
index 5d2fbfa05..a1f72c0ef 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/quic_conn.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/quic_conn.h
@@ -209,6 +209,9 @@ static inline void free_quic_conn_cids(struct quic_conn *conn)
 {
 	struct eb64_node *node;
 
+	if (!conn->cids)
+		return;
+
 	node = eb64_first(conn->cids);
 	while (node) {
 		struct quic_connection_id *conn_id;