diff --git a/src/SSLSocket.c b/src/SSLSocket.c
index 75a1091c..c5aca72e 100644
--- a/src/SSLSocket.c
+++ b/src/SSLSocket.c
@@ -914,7 +914,8 @@ char *SSLSocket_getdata(SSL* ssl, SOCKET socket, size_t bytes, size_t* actual_le
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	buf = SocketBuffer_getQueuedData(socket, bytes, actual_len);
+	if ((buf = SocketBuffer_getQueuedData(socket, bytes, actual_len)) == NULL)
+		goto exit;
 
 	if (*actual_len != bytes)
 	{