diff -r 88bb2d0f9ff8 -r b250d32fea87 jingle/check.c
--- a/jingle/check.c	Tue Aug 10 15:56:38 2010 +0200
+++ b/jingle/check.c	Tue Aug 10 18:23:07 2010 +0200
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
     return FALSE;
   }
 
-  if (check_jid_syntax(jn->initiator)) {
+  if (actionstr != NULL && check_jid_syntax(jn->initiator)) {
     g_set_error(err, JINGLE_CHECK_ERROR, JINGLE_CHECK_ERROR_BADVALUE,
                 "the initiator attribute in invalid (not a jid)");
     return FALSE;