1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/json/json_pack.c b/src/json/json_pack.c
index 296f56104..cc1ca3e97 100644
--- a/src/json/json_pack.c
+++ b/src/json/json_pack.c
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ GNUNET_JSON_pack_ (struct GNUNET_JSON_PackSpec spec[])
 {
   json_t *ret;
 
+  if (NULL == spec[0].field_name)
+  {
+    ret = spec[0].object;
+    spec[0].object = NULL;
+    return ret;
+  }
   ret = json_object ();
   GNUNET_assert (NULL != ret);
   for (unsigned int i = 0;