diff --git a/src/hidapi/libusb/hid.c b/src/hidapi/libusb/hid.c
index c54746e4d..9cb597fa8 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/libusb/hid.c
+++ b/src/hidapi/libusb/hid.c
@@ -1497,6 +1497,7 @@ void HID_API_EXPORT hid_close(hid_device *dev)
 
 	/* Clean up the Transfer objects allocated in read_thread(). */
 	free(dev->transfer->buffer);
+	dev->transfer->buffer = NULL;
 	libusb_free_transfer(dev->transfer);
 
 	/* release the interface */