diff --git a/plugins/sslutils.c b/plugins/sslutils.c
index cf3c4032..84a1c8fc 100644
--- a/plugins/sslutils.c
+++ b/plugins/sslutils.c
@@ -70,8 +70,10 @@ void np_net_ssl_cleanup (){
 		if(s){
 				SSL_shutdown (s);
 				SSL_free (s);
-				if(c) SSL_CTX_free (c);
-				c=NULL;
+				if(c) {
+					SSL_CTX_free (c);
+					c=NULL;
+				}
 				s=NULL;
 		}
 }