diff --git a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
index 137a3b751a..714c26f1af 100644
--- a/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
+++ b/legacy/ecore/src/lib/ecore_con/ecore_con.c
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ _ecore_con_svr_tcp_handler(void                        *data,
 
 error:
    close(new_fd);
-   if (cl->fd_handler)
+   if (cl && cl->fd_handler)
      ecore_main_fd_handler_del(cl->fd_handler);
    return ECORE_CALLBACK_RENEW;
 }