diff --git a/libnvme/src/nvme/fabrics.c b/libnvme/src/nvme/fabrics.c
index 6b7ec50430..86bc8e8abc 100644
--- a/libnvme/src/nvme/fabrics.c
+++ b/libnvme/src/nvme/fabrics.c
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ __public int libnvmf_context_create(struct libnvme_global_ctx *ctx,
 
 __public void libnvmf_context_free(struct libnvmf_context *fctx)
 {
+	if (!fctx)
+		return;
+
 	free(fctx->tls_key);
 	free(fctx);
 }