1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/basic/strbuf.c b/src/basic/strbuf.c
index 77220c0251..dac2881603 100644
--- a/src/basic/strbuf.c
+++ b/src/basic/strbuf.c
@@ -156,6 +156,10 @@ ssize_t strbuf_add_string(struct strbuf *str, const char *s, size_t len) {
                         return off;
                 }
 
+                /* bsearch is not allowed on a NULL sequence */
+                if (node->children_count == 0)
+                        break;
+
                 /* lookup child node */
                 c = s[len - 1 - depth];
                 search.c = c;