1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/url.c b/lib/url.c
index bb09d2fd3..17b34c68e 100644
--- a/lib/url.c
+++ b/lib/url.c
@@ -4238,6 +4238,12 @@ static CURLcode create_conn(struct SessionHandle *data,
     infof(data, "Re-using existing connection! (#%ld) with host %s\n",
           conn->connectindex,
           conn->proxy.name?conn->proxy.dispname:conn->host.dispname);
+    /* copy this IP address to the common buffer for the easy handle so that
+       the address can actually survice the removal of this connection. strcpy
+       is safe since the target buffer is big enough to hold the largest
+       possible IP address */
+    strcpy(data->info.ip, conn->ip_addr_str);
+
   }
   else {
     /*