diff --git a/tests/client/torture_sftp_dir.c b/tests/client/torture_sftp_dir.c
index ba671e41..8af3a2d8 100644
--- a/tests/client/torture_sftp_dir.c
+++ b/tests/client/torture_sftp_dir.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ static void setup(void **state) {
 static void teardown(void **state) {
     struct torture_sftp *t = *state;
 
+    assert_false(t == NULL);
+
     torture_rmdirs(t->testdir);
     torture_sftp_close(t);
 }
@@ -38,6 +40,8 @@ static void torture_sftp_mkdir(void **state) {
     char tmpdir[128];
     int rc;
 
+    assert_false(t == NULL);
+
     snprintf(tmpdir, sizeof(tmpdir), "%s/mkdir_test", t->testdir);
 
     rc = sftp_mkdir(t->sftp, tmpdir, 0755);