--- a/mcabber/mcabber/utils.c	Sat Feb 27 11:02:19 2016 +0100
+++ b/mcabber/mcabber/utils.c	Sat Feb 27 11:28:24 2016 +0100
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@
   int fd;
   struct stat buf;
 
+  if (!name) return -1;
+
 #ifdef __CYGWIN__
   // Permission checking isn't efficient on Cygwin
   return 0;