--- lib/url.c.orig	Sun Mar 11 00:06:15 2007
+++ lib/url.c	Sun Mar 11 00:07:02 2007
@@ -4239,6 +4239,9 @@
     infof(data, "Connection #%ld to host %s left intact\n",
           conn->connectindex,
           conn->bits.httpproxy?conn->proxy.dispname:conn->host.dispname);
+
+    *connp = NULL; /* to make the caller of this function better detect that
+                      this was actually killed here */
   }
 
   return result;