defensive

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/db/db.cpp b/db/db.cpp
index feb58e0b1f2..0b06c66288f 100644
--- a/db/db.cpp
+++ b/db/db.cpp
@@ -194,8 +194,12 @@ void receivedQuery(AbstractMessagingPort& dbMsgPort, Message& m, stringstream& s
 	}

 	Message resp;

 	resp.setData(msgdata, true); // transport will free

-	if( client->profile ) { 

-		ss << " bytes:" << resp.data->dataLen();

+	if( client ) { 

+		if( client->profile )

+			ss << " bytes:" << resp.data->dataLen();

+	}

+	else { 

+		cout << "ERROR: client is null; ns=" << ns << endl;

 	}

 	dbMsgPort.reply(m, resp);

 }