diff --git a/client/src/util.c b/client/src/util.c
index f01067534..6a54387d2 100644
--- a/client/src/util.c
+++ b/client/src/util.c
@@ -745,6 +745,9 @@ void SwapEndian64ex(const uint8_t *src, const size_t len, const uint8_t blockSiz
 //  -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 int param_getptr(const char *line, int *bg, int *en, int paramnum) {
     int i;
+    if (line == NULL) {
+        return 1;
+    }
     int len = strlen(line);
 
     *bg = 0;