diff --git a/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.c b/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.c
index 2558069f7..dff398b55 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/krb5/release_name.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. 
  *
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ OM_uint32 gss_release_name
   gssapi_krb5_init ();
   krb5_free_principal(gssapi_krb5_context,
 		      *input_name);
+  *input_name = GSS_C_NO_NAME;
   return GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 }
diff --git a/lib/gssapi/release_name.c b/lib/gssapi/release_name.c
index 2558069f7..dff398b55 100644
--- a/lib/gssapi/release_name.c
+++ b/lib/gssapi/release_name.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. 
  *
@@ -43,5 +43,6 @@ OM_uint32 gss_release_name
   gssapi_krb5_init ();
   krb5_free_principal(gssapi_krb5_context,
 		      *input_name);
+  *input_name = GSS_C_NO_NAME;
   return GSS_S_COMPLETE;
 }