diff --git a/src/conn.c b/src/conn.c
index 8c571ad..91cd9ab 100644
--- a/src/conn.c
+++ b/src/conn.c
@@ -1210,6 +1210,9 @@ static void _conn_reset(xmpp_conn_t * const conn)
         xmpp_free(ctx, tsq->data);
         xmpp_free(ctx, tsq);
     }
+    conn->send_queue_head = NULL;
+    conn->send_queue_tail = NULL;
+    conn->send_queue_len = 0;
 
     if (conn->stream_error) {
         xmpp_stanza_release(conn->stream_error->stanza);