diff --git a/libs/curl/lib/url.c b/libs/curl/lib/url.c
index 4fcc18aa99..1e1ff3cc6d 100644
--- a/libs/curl/lib/url.c
+++ b/libs/curl/lib/url.c
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ RETSIGTYPE alarmfunc(int sig)
 #endif /* WIN32 */
 #endif /* USE_ARES */
 
-void Curl_safefree(void *ptr)
+void Curl_safefree_x(void *ptr)
 {
   if(ptr)
     free(ptr);
diff --git a/libs/curl/lib/url.h b/libs/curl/lib/url.h
index b9bfabf82b..668b444069 100644
--- a/libs/curl/lib/url.h
+++ b/libs/curl/lib/url.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ CURLcode Curl_disconnect(struct connectdata *);
 CURLcode Curl_protocol_connect(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done);
 CURLcode Curl_protocol_connecting(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done);
 CURLcode Curl_protocol_doing(struct connectdata *conn, bool *done);
-void Curl_safefree(void *ptr);
+void Curl_safefree_x(void *ptr);
+#define Curl_safefree(ptr) Curl_safefree_x(ptr), ptr = NULL
 
 /* create a connection cache */
 struct conncache *Curl_mk_connc(int type);