diff --git a/lib/fetch/common.c b/lib/fetch/common.c
index c76a6f9c..9a5ef748 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/common.c
+++ b/lib/fetch/common.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ fetch_connect(struct url *url, int af, int verbose)
 {
 	conn_t *conn;
 	char pbuf[10];
-	struct url *socks_url, *connurl;
+	struct url *socks_url = NULL, *connurl;
 	const char *socks_proxy;
 	struct addrinfo hints, *res0;
 	int sd, error;
@@ -761,6 +761,7 @@ fetch_connect(struct url *url, int af, int verbose)
 				return NULL;
 			}
 		}
+		fetchFreeURL(socks_url);
 	}
 	conn->cache_url = fetchCopyURL(url);
 	conn->cache_af = af;
diff --git a/lib/fetch/fetch.c b/lib/fetch/fetch.c
index feaf768d..fbf6c6fd 100644
--- a/lib/fetch/fetch.c
+++ b/lib/fetch/fetch.c
@@ -571,7 +571,12 @@ ouch:
 void
 fetchFreeURL(struct url *u)
 {
-	free(u->doc);
+	if (!u) {
+		return;
+	}
+	if (u->doc) {
+		free(u->doc);
+	}
 	free(u);
 }