diff --git a/src/or/policies.c b/src/or/policies.c
index 4d9b17cc32..ec11375636 100644
--- a/src/or/policies.c
+++ b/src/or/policies.c
@@ -2140,14 +2140,20 @@ getinfo_helper_policies(control_connection_t *conn,
   } else if (!strcmp(question, "exit-policy/reject-private/relay")) {
     const or_options_t *options = get_options();
     const routerinfo_t *me = router_get_my_routerinfo();
-    smartlist_t *private_policy_list = smartlist_new();
-    smartlist_t *configured_addresses = smartlist_new();
 
     if (!me) {
       *errmsg = "router_get_my_routerinfo returned NULL";
       return -1;
     }
 
+    if (!options->ExitPolicyRejectPrivate) {
+      *answer = tor_strdup("");
+      return 0;
+    }
+
+    smartlist_t *private_policy_list = smartlist_new();
+    smartlist_t *configured_addresses = smartlist_new();
+
     /* Add the configured addresses to the tor_addr_t* list */
     policies_add_ipv4h_to_smartlist(configured_addresses, me->addr);
     policies_add_addr_to_smartlist(configured_addresses, &me->ipv6_addr);
@@ -2162,6 +2168,7 @@ getinfo_helper_policies(control_connection_t *conn,
     *answer = policy_dump_to_string(private_policy_list, 1, 1);
 
     addr_policy_list_free(private_policy_list);
+    addr_policy_list_free(configured_addresses);
   } else if (!strcmpstart(question, "exit-policy/")) {
     const routerinfo_t *me = router_get_my_routerinfo();
 
diff --git a/src/test/test_policy.c b/src/test/test_policy.c
index 63672ea6cd..082f930551 100644
--- a/src/test/test_policy.c
+++ b/src/test/test_policy.c
@@ -994,6 +994,7 @@ test_policies_getinfo_helper_policies(void *arg)
   append_exit_policy_string(&mock_my_routerinfo.exit_policy, "reject *6:*");
 
   mock_options.IPv6Exit = 1;
+  mock_options.ExitPolicyRejectPrivate = 1;
   tor_addr_from_ipv4h(&mock_options.OutboundBindAddressIPv4_, TEST_IPV4_ADDR);
   tor_addr_parse(&mock_options.OutboundBindAddressIPv6_, TEST_IPV6_ADDR);