--- transports/smtp.c.orig	2016-03-02 22:29:07.000000000 -0600
+++ transports/smtp.c	2016-03-02 22:39:42.000000000 -0600
@@ -1274,14 +1274,18 @@
 static BOOL
 smtp_are_same_identities(uschar * message_id, smtp_compare_t * s_compare)
 {
-uschar * save_sender_address = sender_address;
-uschar * current_local_identity =
+uschar * message_local_identity,
+       * current_local_identity,
+       * new_sender_address;
+
+current_local_identity =
   smtp_local_identity(s_compare->current_sender_address, s_compare->tblock);
-uschar * new_sender_address = deliver_get_sender_address(message_id);
-uschar * message_local_identity =
-  smtp_local_identity(new_sender_address, s_compare->tblock);
 
-sender_address = save_sender_address;
+if (!(new_sender_address = deliver_get_sender_address(message_id)))
+    return 0;
+
+message_local_identity =
+  smtp_local_identity(new_sender_address, s_compare->tblock);
 
 return Ustrcmp(current_local_identity, message_local_identity) == 0;
 }