diff --git a/src/libvirt-admin.c b/src/libvirt-admin.c
index 36674441b18b2a3fd690ef6d4daa0dbb3a590632..54ae5ad3135eb311860cff453ab5bd25a80d09a6 100644
--- a/src/libvirt-admin.c
+++ b/src/libvirt-admin.c
@@ -588,6 +588,10 @@ int virAdmServerFree(virAdmServerPtr srv)
     VIR_DEBUG("server=%p", srv);
 
     virResetLastError();
+
+    if (!srv)
+        return 0;
+
     virCheckAdmServerReturn(srv, -1);
 
     virObjectUnref(srv);