diff --git a/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c b/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
index be5a761c0..9983bb12f 100644
--- a/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
+++ b/lib/roles/http/client/client-handshake.c
@@ -467,7 +467,11 @@ lws_client_connect_3_connect(struct lws *wsi, const char *ads,
 #if defined(LWS_WITH_SYS_ASYNC_DNS)
 	if (n == LADNS_RET_FAILED) {
 		lwsl_notice("%s: adns failed %s\n", __func__, ads);
-		goto oom4;
+		/*
+		 * Caller that is giving us LADNS_RET_FAILED will deal
+		 * with cleanup
+		 */
+		return NULL;
 	}
 #endif