1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/net_ip.rs b/src/libstd/net_ip.rs
index 839d0d23a61..2447c2eb530 100644
--- a/src/libstd/net_ip.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/net_ip.rs
@@ -117,8 +117,9 @@ enum IpGetAddrErr {
 pub fn get_addr(node: &str, iotask: &iotask)
     -> result::Result<~[IpAddr], IpGetAddrErr> {
     let (output_po, output_ch) = stream();
-    let output_ch = SharedChan(output_ch);
+    let mut output_ch = Some(SharedChan(output_ch));
     do str::as_buf(node) |node_ptr, len| {
+        let output_ch = output_ch.swap_unwrap();
         unsafe {
             log(debug, fmt!("slice len %?", len));
             let handle = create_uv_getaddrinfo_t();