From 201484ff6fa5f6216696e6a77c029352b2b97e65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 09:03:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Don't duplicate the serial number twice if a child doesn't
 set one

---
 src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_combined.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_combined.c b/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_combined.c
index 6ccbcbf48..27da8dd6e 100644
--- a/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_combined.c
+++ b/src/joystick/hidapi/SDL_hidapi_combined.c
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ HIDAPI_DriverCombined_OpenJoystick(SDL_HIDAPI_Device *device, SDL_Joystick *joys
                 serial = new_serial;
                 serial_length = new_length;
             }
+            SDL_free(joystick->serial);
+            joystick->serial = NULL;
         }
     }