diff --git a/sys/netinet/sctp_auth.c b/sys/netinet/sctp_auth.c
index 9712147dee76..cb75b2a80f52 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/sctp_auth.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/sctp_auth.c
@@ -658,7 +658,6 @@ sctp_free_hmaclist(sctp_hmaclist_t *list)
 {
 	if (list != NULL) {
 		SCTP_FREE(list, SCTP_M_AUTH_HL);
-		list = NULL;
 	}
 }