unsigned long   connid;
        const char              *close_reason;
        Sockbuf                 *sb;
+       ber_socket_t    sd;
 
        assert( connections != NULL );
        assert( c != NULL );
        }
 #endif
 
+       sd = c->c_sd;
+       c->c_sd = AC_SOCKET_INVALID;
        c->c_conn_state = SLAP_C_INVALID;
        c->c_struct_state = SLAP_C_UNUSED;
        c->c_close_reason = "?";                        /* should never be needed */
        /* c must be fully reset by this point; when we call slapd_remove
         * it may get immediately reused by a new connection.
         */
-       if ( c->c_sd != AC_SOCKET_INVALID ) {
-               slapd_remove( c->c_sd, sb, 1, 0, 0 );
+       if ( sd != AC_SOCKET_INVALID ) {
+               slapd_remove( sd, sb, 1, 0, 0 );
 
                if ( close_reason == NULL ) {
                        Statslog( LDAP_DEBUG_STATS, "conn=%lu fd=%ld closed\n",
-                               connid, (long) c->c_sd, 0, 0, 0 );
+                               connid, (long) sd, 0, 0, 0 );
                } else {
                        Statslog( LDAP_DEBUG_STATS, "conn=%lu fd=%ld closed (%s)\n",
-                               connid, (long) c->c_sd, close_reason, 0, 0 );
+                               connid, (long) sd, close_reason, 0, 0 );
                }
-               c->c_sd = AC_SOCKET_INVALID;
        }
 }