diff --git a/storage/innobase/fts/fts0que.cc b/storage/innobase/fts/fts0que.cc
index 7d4cd7a3646..78521df75d9 100644
--- a/storage/innobase/fts/fts0que.cc
+++ b/storage/innobase/fts/fts0que.cc
@@ -4019,7 +4019,7 @@ fts_query(
 	if (trx_is_interrupted(trx)) {
 		error = DB_INTERRUPTED;
 		ut_free(lc_query_str);
-		if (result != NULL) {
+		if (*result) {
 			fts_query_free_result(*result);
 		}
 		goto func_exit;
diff --git a/storage/xtradb/fts/fts0que.cc b/storage/xtradb/fts/fts0que.cc
index 50f198401f9..9966656e772 100644
--- a/storage/xtradb/fts/fts0que.cc
+++ b/storage/xtradb/fts/fts0que.cc
@@ -4038,7 +4038,7 @@ fts_query(
 	if (trx_is_interrupted(trx)) {
 		error = DB_INTERRUPTED;
 		ut_free(lc_query_str);
-		if (result != NULL) {
+		if (*result) {
 			fts_query_free_result(*result);
 		}
 		goto func_exit;