diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index f374605a..18a26694 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2012-12-08  Michael Stapelberg <michael@stapelberg.de> (tiny change)
+
+	* retr.c (retrieve_url): Set iri->orig_url to NULL after it is
+	freed.
+
 2012-11-26  Giuseppe Scrivano  <gscrivano@gnu.org>
 
 	* wget.h (MAX_INT_TO_STRING_LEN): Define macro.
diff --git a/src/retr.c b/src/retr.c
index 32dc41e2..0d564ef6 100644
--- a/src/retr.c
+++ b/src/retr.c
@@ -838,6 +838,7 @@ retrieve_url (struct url * orig_parsed, const char *origurl, char **file,
       iri->utf8_encode = opt.enable_iri;
       set_content_encoding (iri, NULL);
       xfree_null (iri->orig_url);
+      iri->orig_url = NULL;
 
       /* Now, see if this new location makes sense. */
       newloc_parsed = url_parse (mynewloc, &up_error_code, iri, true);