diff --git a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/deliver.c b/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/deliver.c
index bea703f53478..2047e1f844bf 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/deliver.c
+++ b/usr.sbin/sendmail/src/deliver.c
@@ -951,7 +951,7 @@ deliver(e, firstto)
 	}
 	errno = 0;
 
-	CurHostName = host;
+	CurHostName = NULL;
 
 	/*
 	**  Deal with the special case of mail handled through an IPC