diff --git a/lib/sslgen.c b/lib/sslgen.c
index 9ee3ab1d8206fe00d6034b4ea0c2acdc8acedc6b..c1a8a30733309e1b64018723e16e664ad86dbfd3 100644
--- a/lib/sslgen.c
+++ b/lib/sslgen.c
@@ -350,8 +350,11 @@ CURLcode Curl_ssl_addsessionid(struct connectdata *conn,
   store->name = clone_host;               /* clone host name */
   store->remote_port = conn->remote_port; /* port number */
 
-  if(!Curl_clone_ssl_config(&conn->ssl_config, &store->ssl_config))
+  if(!Curl_clone_ssl_config(&conn->ssl_config, &store->ssl_config)) {
+    store->sessionid = NULL; /* let caller free sessionid */
+    free(clone_host);
     return CURLE_OUT_OF_MEMORY;
+  }
 
   return CURLE_OK;
 }