--- socket.c.orig
+++ socket.c
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ sock_hostname(struct host_info *host)
         res = res->ai_next;
     }
 
-    freeaddrinfo (resbase);
 
     if (res == NULL)
     {
@@ -279,6 +278,7 @@ sock_hostname(struct host_info *host)
             host->name, 
             inet_ntop2 (sin6->sin6_family, &sin6->sin6_addr));
         strncpy(host->name, paranoid, sizeof(host->name));
+	freeaddrinfo (resbase);
         return;
     }
 
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ sock_hostname(struct host_info *host)
             host->name, res->ai_canonname,
             inet_ntop2 (sin6->sin6_family, &sin6->sin6_addr));
     }
-    
+    freeaddrinfo (resbase);
     return;
 }
 #else /* INET6 */