diff --git a/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c b/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c
index 3216fd6a5..7771752b9 100644
--- a/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c
+++ b/Source/CTest/Curl/url.c
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ static void verboseconnect(struct connectdata *conn,
   }
 #else
   {
-    Curl_addrinfo *hostaddr=dns->addr;
+    Curl_addrinfo *hostaddr=dns?dns->addr:NULL;
     struct in_addr in;
     (void) memcpy(&in.s_addr, &conn->serv_addr.sin_addr, sizeof (in.s_addr));
     infof(data, "Connected to %s (%s) port %d\n",