# ./pullrev.sh 1737363
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1737363

--- httpd-2.4.6/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_express.c
+++ httpd-2.4.6/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_express.c
@@ -145,16 +145,14 @@
     key.dsize = strlen(key.dptr);
 
     rv = apr_dbm_fetch(db, key, &val);
+    if (rv == APR_SUCCESS) {
+        backend = apr_pstrmemdup(r->pool, val.dptr, val.dsize);
+    }
     apr_dbm_close(db);
-    if (rv != APR_SUCCESS) {
+    if (rv != APR_SUCCESS || !backend) {
         return DECLINED;
     }
 
-    backend = apr_pstrmemdup(r->pool, val.dptr, val.dsize);
-    if (!backend) {
-        return DECLINED;
-    }
-
     ap_log_rerror(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_DEBUG, 0, r, APLOGNO(01004)
                   "proxy_express: found %s -> %s", name, backend);
     r->filename = apr_pstrcat(r->pool, "proxy:", backend, r->uri, NULL);
