commit - b5faf3055b61afaef73ac49a448cac1a5b063127
commit + 02182143c30288b54cf84325c796ec9b7a7b2d34
blob - 74b8a018cf1a5d8dc3da0541964748f186928562
blob + ee7972c215a7534519cea8759d4252341e80ef37
--- src/ngircd/irc.c
+++ src/ngircd/irc.c
@@ -346,18 +346,18 @@ IRC_KillClient(CLIENT *Client, CLIENT *From, const cha
 	CONN_ID my_conn, conn;
 	CLIENT *c;
 
+	/* Do we know such a client in the network? */
+	c = Client_Search(Nick);
+	if (!c) {
+		LogDebug("Client with nick \"%s\" is unknown, not forwaring.", Nick);
+		return CONNECTED;
+	}
+
 	/* Inform other servers */
 	IRC_WriteStrServersPrefix(From ? Client : NULL,
 				  From ? From : Client_ThisServer(),
 				  "KILL %s :%s", Nick, Reason);
 
-	/* Do we know such a client? */
-	c = Client_Search(Nick);
-	if (!c) {
-		LogDebug("Client with nick \"%s\" is unknown here.", Nick);
-		return CONNECTED;
-	}
-
 	if (Client_Type(c) != CLIENT_USER && Client_Type(c) != CLIENT_GOTNICK) {
 		/* Target of this KILL is not a regular user, this is
 		 * invalid! So we ignore this case if we received a