diff --git a/src/posttls-finger/posttls-finger.c b/src/posttls-finger/posttls-finger.c

index 5f559b4..86a8b01 100644

--- a/src/posttls-finger/posttls-finger.c

+++ b/src/posttls-finger/posttls-finger.c

@@ -1409,7 +1409,7 @@ static int connect_dest(STATE *state)

      */

     if (state->smtp == 0) {

 	if (strncmp(dest, "unix:", 5) == 0) {

-	    connect_unix(state, dest + 5);

+	    state->stream = connect_unix(state, dest + 5);

 	    if (!state->stream)

 		msg_info("Failed to establish session to %s: %s",

 			 dest, vstring_str(state->why->reason));