Index: wget-1.19.5/src/host.c
===================================================================
--- wget-1.19.5.orig/src/host.c
+++ wget-1.19.5/src/host.c
@@ -732,7 +732,10 @@ wait_ares (ares_channel channel)
         ares_process (channel, &read_fds, &write_fds);
     }
   if (timer)
-    timer = ptimer_destroy (timer);
+  {
+    ptimer_destroy (timer);
+    timer = NULL;
+  }
 }
 
 static void