diff --git a/IDE/Espressif/ESP-IDF/examples/wolfssl_server/main/server-tls.c b/IDE/Espressif/ESP-IDF/examples/wolfssl_server/main/server-tls.c
index 5f3d153e88..a499f9633d 100644
--- a/IDE/Espressif/ESP-IDF/examples/wolfssl_server/main/server-tls.c
+++ b/IDE/Espressif/ESP-IDF/examples/wolfssl_server/main/server-tls.c
@@ -406,6 +406,7 @@ WOLFSSL_ESP_TASK tls_smp_server_task(void *args)
         ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Done! Cleanup...");
         /* Cleanup after this connection */
         wolfSSL_free(ssl);      /* Free the wolfSSL object              */
+        ssl = NULL;
         close(connd);           /* Close the connection to the client   */
 #ifdef WOLFSSL_EXAMPLE_VERBOSITY
         ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Stack used: %d\n",
diff --git a/IDE/QNX/example-server/server-tls.c b/IDE/QNX/example-server/server-tls.c
index ef711de956..2f41b0d389 100644
--- a/IDE/QNX/example-server/server-tls.c
+++ b/IDE/QNX/example-server/server-tls.c
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ static int TLS_ECDH_callback(WOLFSSL* ssl, struct ecc_key* otherKey,
 int main()
 {
     int                sockfd;
-    int                connd = 0;
+    int                connd = -1;
     struct sockaddr_in servAddr;
     struct sockaddr_in clientAddr;
     socklen_t          size = sizeof(clientAddr);
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ int main()
 end:
     /* Cleanup after this connection */
     wolfSSL_free(ssl);      /* Free the wolfSSL object              */
-    close(connd);           /* Close the connection to the client   */
+    if (connd != -1)
+        close(connd);       /* Close the connection to the client   */
     wc_ecc_free(&blackKey);
 
     printf("Shutdown complete\n");