1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Src/cond.c b/Src/cond.c
index b34a14be1..4a4dc24ed 100644
--- a/Src/cond.c
+++ b/Src/cond.c
@@ -324,6 +324,8 @@ static struct stat st;
 static struct stat *
 getstat(char *s)
 {
+    char *us;
+
 /* /dev/fd/n refers to the open file descriptor n.  We always use fstat *
  * in this case since on Solaris /dev/fd/n is a device special file     */
     if (!strncmp(s, "/dev/fd/", 8)) {
@@ -332,7 +334,9 @@ getstat(char *s)
         return &st;
     }
 
-    if (stat(unmeta(s), &st))
+    if (!(us = unmeta(s)))
+        return NULL;
+    if (stat(us, &st))
 	return NULL;
     return &st;
 }