lib/net/ldap/connection.rb in net-ldap-0.16.3 vs lib/net/ldap/connection.rb in net-ldap-0.17.0

@@ -688,10 +688,10 @@
   # Internal: Returns a Socket like object used internally to communicate with
   # LDAP server.
   #
   # Typically a TCPSocket, but can be a OpenSSL::SSL::SSLSocket
   def socket
-    return @conn if defined? @conn
+    return @conn if defined?(@conn) && !@conn.nil?
 
     # First refactoring uses the existing methods open_connection and
     # prepare_socket to set @conn. Next cleanup would centralize connection
     # handling here.
     if @server[:socket]