1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.cpp b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.cpp
index 00d62ee..18113c2 100644
--- a/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.cpp
+++ b/libopie2/opiepim/backend/ocontactaccessbackend_xml.cpp
@@ -597,13 +597,13 @@ bool OPimContactAccessBackend_XML::load( const QString filename, bool isJournal
     if(root != 0l ){ // start parsing
         /* Parse all XML-Elements and put the data into the
          * Contact-Class
          */
         XMLElement *element = root->firstChild();
         //owarn << "OPimContactAccess::load tagName(): " << root->tagName() << "" << oendl;
-        element = element->firstChild();
+        element = element ? element->firstChild() : 0;
 
         /* Search Tag "Contacts" which is the parent of all Contacts */
         while( element && !isJournal ){
             if( element->tagName() != QString::fromLatin1("Contacts") ){
                 //owarn << "OPimContactDefBack::Searching for Tag \"Contacts\"! Found: "
                 //      << element->tagName() << oendl;