1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libexslt/common.c b/libexslt/common.c
index 86538f02..ffed71b6 100644
--- a/libexslt/common.c
+++ b/libexslt/common.c
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ exsltNodeSetFunction (xmlXPathParserContextPtr ctxt, int nargs) {
     strval = xmlXPathPopString (ctxt);
     retNode = xmlNewDocText (NULL, strval);
     ret = xmlXPathNewValueTree (retNode);
-    ret->type = XPATH_NODESET;
+    if (ret == NULL) {
+        xsltGenericError(xsltGenericErrorContext,
+			 "exsltNodeSetFunction: ret == NULL\n");
+    } else {
+        ret->type = XPATH_NODESET;
+    }
 
     if (strval != NULL)
 	xmlFree (strval);