diff --git a/src/mux_quic.c b/src/mux_quic.c
index ebe37fe10..d3beee730 100644
--- a/src/mux_quic.c
+++ b/src/mux_quic.c
@@ -2888,7 +2888,6 @@ static void qcc_release(struct qcc *qcc)
 	if (conn) {
 		LIST_DEL_INIT(&conn->stopping_list);
 
-		conn->handle.qc->conn = NULL;
 		conn->mux = NULL;
 		conn->ctx = NULL;
 
diff --git a/src/xprt_quic.c b/src/xprt_quic.c
index d6d1a1670..dcca43509 100644
--- a/src/xprt_quic.c
+++ b/src/xprt_quic.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ static void quic_close(struct connection *conn, void *xprt_ctx)
 
 	TRACE_ENTER(QUIC_EV_CONN_CLOSE, qc);
 
+	qc->conn = NULL;
+
 	/* Next application data can be dropped. */
 	qc->mux_state = QC_MUX_RELEASED;