diff --git a/src/or/config.c b/src/or/config.c
index 5994e6e807..912ab8c83d 100644
--- a/src/or/config.c
+++ b/src/or/config.c
@@ -975,6 +975,8 @@ options_free(or_options_t *options)
   int i;
   void *lvalue;
 
+  tor_assert(options);
+
   for (i=0; config_vars[i].name; ++i) {
     lvalue = ((char*)options) + config_vars[i].var_offset;
     switch (config_vars[i].type) {
@@ -1005,6 +1007,7 @@ options_free(or_options_t *options)
         break;
     }
   }
+  tor_free(options);
 }
 
 /** Return true iff the option <b>var</b> has the same value in <b>o1</b>
diff --git a/src/or/main.c b/src/or/main.c
index 33383a4c5a..d981251c3c 100644
--- a/src/or/main.c
+++ b/src/or/main.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ static int do_hup(void) {
     log_fn(LOG_ERR,"Reading config failed--see warnings above. For usage, try -h.");
     return -1;
   }
-  options = get_options();
+  options = get_options(); /* they have changed now */
   if (authdir_mode(options)) {
     /* reload the approved-routers file */
     tor_snprintf(keydir,sizeof(keydir),"%s/approved-routers", options->DataDirectory);