1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/udev/udevd.c b/src/udev/udevd.c
index 891e4c08b9..b921442337 100644
--- a/src/udev/udevd.c
+++ b/src/udev/udevd.c
@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ static void worker_cleanup(struct worker *worker) {
 }
 
 static void worker_unref(struct worker *worker) {
-        worker->refcount--;
-        if (worker->refcount > 0)
+        if (!worker || (-- worker->refcount) > 0)
                 return;
         log_debug("worker ["PID_FMT"] cleaned up", worker->pid);
         worker_cleanup(worker);