diff --git a/lib/connect.c b/lib/connect.c
index ec68162c3141bc4fd5682167a67b3efd9fd46b77..8ff3dd16f82a826c6ce2af5222ebf48c4246b86d 100644
--- a/lib/connect.c
+++ b/lib/connect.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_connecthost(struct connectdata *conn,
   /*
    * Connecting with IPv6 support is so much easier and cleanly done
    */
+  port =0; /* we already have port in the 'remotehost' struct */
+
   if(sockfd != -1)
     /* don't use any previous one, it might be of wrong type */
     sclose(sockfd);