diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index e7d12d75e..425ca74e7 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ int CyaSSL_dtls_set_peer(CYASSL* ssl, void* peer, unsigned int peerSz)
 #ifdef CYASSL_DTLS
     void* sa = (void*)XMALLOC(peerSz, ssl->heap, DYNAMIC_TYPE_SOCKADDR);
     if (sa != NULL) {
+        if (ssl->buffers.dtlsCtx.peer.sa != NULL)
+            XFREE(ssl->buffers.dtlsCtx.peer.sa,ssl->heap,DYNAMIC_TYPE_SOCKADDR);
         XMEMCPY(sa, peer, peerSz);
         ssl->buffers.dtlsCtx.peer.sa = sa;
         ssl->buffers.dtlsCtx.peer.sz = peerSz;