diff --git a/include/akerror.tmpl.h b/include/akerror.tmpl.h
index 64a3d2b..bdeb586 100644
--- a/include/akerror.tmpl.h
+++ b/include/akerror.tmpl.h
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ void akerr_init_errno(void);
 #define VALID(__err_context, __stmt)                       \
     __stmt;                                                \
     if ( akerr_valid_error_address(__err_context) == 0 ) { \
+	__err_context = NULL;                              \
 	FAIL(__err_context, AKERR_BEHAVIOR, "Received (akerr_Error *) from an invalid memory region. (Did the method finish without calling SUCCEED_RETURN?)"); \
     }