1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/netlib.c b/netlib.c
index 4be2660a..36921441 100644
--- a/netlib.c
+++ b/netlib.c
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ socket_t netlib_connectsock(int af, const char *host, const char *service,
     struct addrinfo hints;
     struct addrinfo *result, *rp;
     int ret, type, proto, one = 1;
-    socket_t s = -1;
+    socket_t s;
     bool bind_me;
 
-    /* cppcheck-suppress redundantAssignment */
     INVALIDATE_SOCKET(s);
     /*@-type@*/
     ppe = getprotobyname(protocol);
@@ -79,8 +78,6 @@ socket_t netlib_connectsock(int af, const char *host, const char *service,
 	else if (setsockopt
 		 (s, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, (char *)&one,
 		  sizeof(one)) == -1) {
-	    if (s > -1)
-		(void)close(s);
 	    ret = NL_NOSOCKOPT;
 	} else {
 	    if (bind_me) {
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@ socket_t netlib_connectsock(int af, const char *host, const char *service,
 	    }
 	}
 
-	if (s > -1) {
+	if (!BAD_SOCKET(s)) {
 	    (void)close(s);
 	}
     }