diff --git a/src/proxy-auth/proxy-auth.c b/src/proxy-auth/proxy-auth.c
index 88965c5..534fa61 100644
--- a/src/proxy-auth/proxy-auth.c
+++ b/src/proxy-auth/proxy-auth.c
@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ proxy_auth_authenticate (ProxyAuth * self, MYSQL_PLUGIN_VIO * vio, MYSQL_SERVER_
 {
 	int res = CR_ERROR;
 	gchar * query = NULL;
+	GError * error = NULL;
 	unsigned char * pkt;
 
 	//	Check for the username
@@ -303,7 +304,6 @@ proxy_auth_authenticate (ProxyAuth * self, MYSQL_PLUGIN_VIO * vio, MYSQL_SERVER_
 
 	// Replaces the user and the pass on the query template
 
-	GError * error = NULL;
 	RegexData regex_data;
 	regex_data.conn = conn;
 	regex_data.user = info->user_name;
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ end:
 	if (conn)
 		g_async_queue_push (self->conn_pool, conn);
 	
+	g_clear_error (&error);
 	g_free (query);
 	return res;
 }