for ( l = 0; slap_listeners[l] != NULL; l++ ) {
                Listener *lr = slap_listeners[l];
+               slap_listeners[l] = NULL;
 
                if ( lr->sl_sd != AC_SOCKET_INVALID ) {
-                       if ( remove ) slapd_remove( lr->sl_sd, NULL, 0, 0, 0 );
+                       int s = lr->sl_sd;
+                       lr->sl_sd = AC_SOCKET_INVALID;
+                       if ( remove ) slapd_remove( s, NULL, 0, 0, 0 );
 
 #ifdef LDAP_PF_LOCAL
                        if ( lr->sl_sa.sa_addr.sa_family == AF_LOCAL ) {
                        }
 #endif /* LDAP_PF_LOCAL */
 
-                       slapd_close( lr->sl_sd );
+                       slapd_close( s );
                }
 
                if ( lr->sl_url.bv_val ) {
                }
 
                free( lr );
-               slap_listeners[l] = NULL;
        }
 }