diff --git a/src/ssl_sock.c b/src/ssl_sock.c
index d818de7aa..54a2bb043 100644
--- a/src/ssl_sock.c
+++ b/src/ssl_sock.c
@@ -4252,10 +4252,8 @@ static int ssl_sess_new_srv_cb(SSL *ssl, SSL_SESSION *sess)
 			/* insufficient storage, reallocate */
 			len = (len + 7) & -8; /* round to the nearest 8 bytes */
 			ptr = my_realloc2(ptr, len);
-			if (!ptr)
-				free(s->ssl_ctx.reused_sess[tid].ptr);
 			s->ssl_ctx.reused_sess[tid].ptr = ptr;
-			s->ssl_ctx.reused_sess[tid].allocated_size = len;
+			s->ssl_ctx.reused_sess[tid].allocated_size = ptr ? len : 0;
 		}
 
 		if (ptr) {