1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/fs/gnunet-publish.c b/src/fs/gnunet-publish.c
index f8396416c..ceed3109f 100644
--- a/src/fs/gnunet-publish.c
+++ b/src/fs/gnunet-publish.c
@@ -517,6 +517,8 @@ get_file_information (struct GNUNET_FS_ShareTreeItem *item)
 
   if (GNUNET_YES == item->is_directory)
   {
+    if (NULL == item->meta)
+      item->meta = GNUNET_CONTAINER_meta_data_create ();
     GNUNET_CONTAINER_meta_data_delete (item->meta,
                                        EXTRACTOR_METATYPE_MIMETYPE,
                                        NULL, 0);