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
@@ -591,25 +591,25 @@ bool OPimContactAccessBackend_XML::load( const QString filename, bool isJournal
     dict.insert( "action", new int(JOURNALACTION) );
     dict.insert( "actionrow", new int(JOURNALROW) );
 
     //owarn << "OPimContactDefaultBackEnd::loading " << filename << "" << oendl;
 
     XMLElement *root = XMLElement::load( filename );
     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;
                 element = element->nextChild();
             } else {
                 element = element->firstChild();
                 break;
             }
         }