1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/eventloop.c b/src/lib/eventloop.c
index 8f891dc1..a164e306 100644
--- a/src/lib/eventloop.c
+++ b/src/lib/eventloop.c
@@ -223,7 +223,10 @@ static void
 resize_cached_poll_array (struct GNUNET_GTK_MainLoop *ml,
                           guint new_size)
 {
-  ml->cached_poll_array = g_renew (GPollFD, ml->cached_poll_array, new_size);
+  if (NULL == ml->cached_poll_array)
+    ml->cached_poll_array = g_new (GPollFD, new_size);
+  else
+    ml->cached_poll_array = g_renew (GPollFD, ml->cached_poll_array, new_size);
   ml->cached_poll_array_size = new_size;
 }