--- a/loudmouth/lm-socket.c
+++ b/loudmouth/lm-socket.c
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ _lm_socket_create_phase2 (LmSocket *socket, struct addrinfo *ans)
 		if (socket->connect_func) {
 			(socket->connect_func) (socket, FALSE, socket->user_data;
 		}
-		g_free (socket->connect_data);
+                g_free (socket->connect_data);
 		socket->connect_data = NULL;
 		return;
 	}
@@ -1107,6 +1107,10 @@ lm_socket_create (GMainContext      *context,
 		_lm_socket_create_phase1 (socket, NULL, 0);
 	}
 
+#ifndef HAVE_ASYNCNS
+        /* Only do this check if we are not using asyncns or it will crash.
+         * Report and patch by Senko.
+         */
 	if (socket->connect_data == NULL) {
 		/* Open failed synchronously, probably a DNS lookup problem */
 		lm_socket_unref(socket);
@@ -1118,6 +1122,7 @@ lm_socket_create (GMainContext      *context,
 		
 		return NULL;
 	}
+#endif /* HAVE_ASYNCNS */
 		
 
 	/* If the connection fails synchronously, we don't want to call the