diff --git a/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_buffer.c b/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_buffer.c
index 755edbbd2..6570ebfb4 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_buffer.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_buffer.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ OM_uint32 gss_release_buffer
            )
 {
   free (buffer->value);
+  buffer->value  = NULL;
   buffer->length = 0;
   return GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 }
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/release_buffer.c b/lib/gssapi/release_buffer.c
index 755edbbd2..6570ebfb4 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/release_buffer.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/release_buffer.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 1997 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
+ * Copyright (c) 1997 - 2000 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan
  * (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 
  * All rights reserved. 
  *
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ OM_uint32 gss_release_buffer
            )
 {
   free (buffer->value);
+  buffer->value  = NULL;
   buffer->length = 0;
   return GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 }