diff --git a/libavformat/tls_libtls.c b/libavformat/tls_libtls.c
index 1321f79229..ba83b56ffe 100644
--- a/libavformat/tls_libtls.c
+++ b/libavformat/tls_libtls.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static int ff_tls_open(URLContext *h, const char *uri, int flags, AVDictionary *
 
     if (!c->listen) {
         ret = tls_connect_cbs(p->ctx, tls_read_callback, tls_write_callback,
-            c->tcp, !c->numerichost ? c->host : NULL);
+            c->tcp, c->host);
     } else {
         struct tls *ctx_new;
         ret = tls_accept_cbs(p->ctx, &ctx_new, tls_read_callback,