diff --git a/examples/server/server.c b/examples/server/server.c
index 6e0cba958..6f4cda3f3 100644
--- a/examples/server/server.c
+++ b/examples/server/server.c
@@ -2220,9 +2220,11 @@ THREAD_RETURN WOLFSSL_THREAD server_test(void* args)
         }
 
         size = wolfSSL_get_server_random(ssl, rnd, size);
-        if (size == 0 && rnd != NULL) {
-            XFREE(rnd, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
-            rnd = NULL;
+        if (size == 0) {
+            if (rnd) {
+                XFREE(rnd, NULL, DYNAMIC_TYPE_TMP_BUFFER);
+                rnd = NULL;
+            }
             err_sys_ex(runWithErrors, "error getting server random buffer");
         }