From f114662fdaf0e7e150df180aee2b443448ccf398 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Azad Abbasi <azabbasi@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2022 10:07:11 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] fix(DeviceClient): Avoid NRE after client dispose (#2286)

---
 iothub/device/src/DeviceClient.cs   | 1 -
 iothub/device/src/InternalClient.cs | 1 -
 2 files changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/iothub/device/src/DeviceClient.cs b/iothub/device/src/DeviceClient.cs
index 4bd9151a9b..62a66f93ba 100644
--- a/iothub/device/src/DeviceClient.cs
+++ b/iothub/device/src/DeviceClient.cs
@@ -691,7 +691,6 @@ protected virtual void Dispose(bool disposing)
             if (disposing)
             {
                 InternalClient?.Dispose();
-                InternalClient = null;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/iothub/device/src/InternalClient.cs b/iothub/device/src/InternalClient.cs
index f4720015c3..2031a99f36 100644
--- a/iothub/device/src/InternalClient.cs
+++ b/iothub/device/src/InternalClient.cs
@@ -1902,7 +1902,6 @@ internal void ValidateModuleTransportHandler(string apiName)
         public void Dispose()
         {
             InnerHandler?.Dispose();
-            InnerHandler = null;
             _methodsSemaphore?.Dispose();
             _moduleReceiveMessageSemaphore?.Dispose();
             _fileUploadHttpTransportHandler?.Dispose();