1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cli/tls_client.cpp b/src/cli/tls_client.cpp
index 2e690feab..1379b49be 100644
--- a/src/cli/tls_client.cpp
+++ b/src/cli/tls_client.cpp
@@ -308,13 +308,13 @@ class TLS_Client final : public Command, public Botan::TLS::Callbacks
             break;
             }
 
+         ::freeaddrinfo(res);
+
          if(rp == nullptr) // no address succeeded
             {
             throw CLI_Error("connect failed");
             }
 
-         ::freeaddrinfo(res);
-
          return fd;
          }