diff --git a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c
index 6dd0f0d..560c24e 100644
--- a/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c
+++ b/lib/c_glib/src/thrift/c_glib/transport/thrift_socket.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@
   /* open a connection */
   if (connect (tsocket->sd, (struct sockaddr *) &pin, sizeof(pin)) == -1)
   {
-      thrift_socket_close(tsocket, NULL);
+      thrift_socket_close(transport, NULL);
       g_set_error (error, THRIFT_TRANSPORT_ERROR, THRIFT_TRANSPORT_ERROR_CONNECT,
                  "failed to connect to host %s:%d - %s",
                  tsocket->hostname, tsocket->port, strerror(errno));