diff --git a/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c b/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
index 0c5fb9cd1f6..6c725a7814b 100644
--- a/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
+++ b/sapi/cli/php_cli_server.c
@@ -910,6 +910,7 @@ static int php_network_listen_socket(const char *host, int *port, int socktype,
 	for (p = sal; *p; p++) {
 		if (sa) {
 			pefree(sa, 1);
+			sa = NULL;
 		}
 
 		retval = socket((*p)->sa_family, socktype, 0);