diff --git a/lib/c-hyper.c b/lib/c-hyper.c
index ebb885669b..808e4e1172 100644
--- a/lib/c-hyper.c
+++ b/lib/c-hyper.c
@@ -1217,6 +1217,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http(struct Curl_easy *data, bool *done)
   }
 
   hyper_clientconn_free(client);
+  client = NULL;
 
   if((httpreq == HTTPREQ_GET) || (httpreq == HTTPREQ_HEAD)) {
     /* HTTP GET/HEAD download */
@@ -1245,6 +1246,9 @@ error:
   if(handshake)
     hyper_task_free(handshake);
 
+  if(client)
+    hyper_clientconn_free(client);
+
   if(req)
     hyper_request_free(req);