1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/configuration_loader.c b/src/util/configuration_loader.c
index b9e5cb67f..51af24a9f 100644
--- a/src/util/configuration_loader.c
+++ b/src/util/configuration_loader.c
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_load (struct GNUNET_CONFIGURATION_Handle *cfg,
 
   base_config_varname = GNUNET_OS_project_data_get ()->base_config_varname;
 
-  if (NULL != (baseconfig = getenv (base_config_varname)))
+  if (NULL != base_config_varname
+      && NULL != (baseconfig = getenv (base_config_varname)))
   {
     baseconfig = GNUNET_strdup (baseconfig);
   }